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was dead or living, he stealthily sliced off a piece of his nose. The 
devotee was still as death. The following morn the toddy-drawer was 
astonished to see the piece he had cut off re-attached to the nose, as if 
nothing had happened. The awe-struck man told his experience to the 
king at Gampola, who visited the ascetic and asked what he could give 
him. Nothing but a strip of land to lay my head on." When the 
king wished to know the extent required, he threw his bangle, called 
sahJcardn vmlalla^ in four different directions, and the area included 
therein was granted him. Hence Sakhardnkotuwa^'' the space 
included within the sahhardn bangle. Sahkardn is a circle, a wheel, in 
Tamil ; also a Malabar coin. 
11. — Bhawakauf the saint was deified, and a tomb is built to his 
memory. This was supplemented by the mosque later on. His name 
is universally revered by the Mohammedans to the present day. 
Strange to say, natives of all classes take an oath here " by rubbing 
chunam on the walls," which they consider binding on them. They 
supplicate the saint's vengeance upon evil-doers. Litigants from the 
Gampola courts often resort here. Sir A. C. Lawrie, speaking of the 
place, says : " The mosque is famous : in its premises is an unpretending 
building called the ^Makkan Sohongeya' (tomb), said to be the burial 
place of a saint who visited the place (Kahatapitiya, near Gampola) 
from Mecca." {Gazetteer ^^ol.l.^ p. 395.) 
12. — Vesak. The month in which the moon is full in the sixteenth 
asterism (May-June). Lucky month of the Sinhalese, celebrated for 
the birthday of Buddha. The Upasampada ordination of the Buddhist 
clergy takes place in this month. 
l^.—Duggena gana sitinaivd. It is a frequent wording in Kandyan 
royal grants. The word duJca is peculiarly used in the Kandyan 
district. It means love with the Kandyans, and sorroio with the Low- 
country Sinhalese. The phrase therefore literally means, "served 
with love." In the Low-country the Sinhalese would render it as^ 
"stricken with sorrow." In English it corresponds to "faithful 
services rendered " to the State. 
14. — Maha Wdsala. This is often incorrectly interpreted, as 
" Great Gate no doubt from the Tamil eurr<F&), Sinhalese 
wdsal, meaning " door" or entrance to a house. Mdha Wdsala means 
"royal palace"; freely rendered, it signifies "His Majesty." Mdha 
Wdsala always indirectly refers to the king. Thus we find Kotte Mdha 
Wdsala, KundasdU Mdha Wdsala, &c. The royal gate was called 
Wahalkada ; the entrance to the "old palace" at Kandy is still so 
called; There was an officer called "Wahalkade Muhandiama," or 
" Wahalkade Arachchi," who served at the royal gate. The king was 
familiarly called by those attached to the palace, Mdhala Hdmuduruvo, 
a contraction of " Mdha Wdsala Hdmuduruvo.'''' 
15. — Dardnda. The name given to the upper portion of a field, the 
opposite word being Muliodhkada, the lower portion. These words 
are peculiar to the Kandyan dialect. This particular field has since 
passed to other hands. A portion of it has been swept away by the 
Mahaveli-ganga in flood. 
l^.~~Ara7ikada, There is no village so called in Udapalata. A 
tract of land forming a part of lUawatura village, about 2|- acres in 
extent, is called " Arankada." This is probably the Araigkada of the 
sannasa. 
17. — Udapaldta. A revenue division, under a Ratemahatmaya, 
belonging to the Central Province. Gampola is its chief town. 
