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Hear the like greatness of that ocean of goodness, the Minister 
(Arthanayaka), the brother of that lord (Alagakkonara). 
67. -^^dzQ ^ 'q)z^ g^o®^ Cx § 
With faith and love devout, he ceaselessly makes offerings to the 
three gems (Buddha, Dharma, and Sai^gha) ; sordid thoughts he has 
banished from his mind like a foe ; like as the vrishing gem he gives 
away riches to mendicants. This noble minister, a royal lord, is the 
wish-conferring tree of Heaven. 
The Edjdvaliya, though the pages referring to the Chinese invasion 
have been tampered with, clearly supports contemporary authorities on 
the point : — 
" The force which marched by land halted at Matale ; that which 
came by sea landed and reached Colombo fromPanadure and encamped 
at Gorakana in Dematagoda, holding the intervening country by a 
continuous line of defence. Bhuvaneka Bahu, alarmed, left Gampola 
and fled to the city of Rayigama. 
"The army of the hill country said among themselves, * What pro- 
fiteth us a king who has deserted an army such as we are ?' And the 
forces of the five districts having taken counsel together entered the 
[enemies'] camps at night, created disorder therein, stabbed the 
Tamils, and made a great slaughter. The Tamils who had escaped the 
slaughter, being routed, fled to Yapapatuna. 
" Alakesvara broke through and attacked the camps at Gorakana in 
Dematagoda, slew the Tamils, destroyed the ships which lay off 
Panadure port, and repaired to Rayigama. [Then] Bhuvaneka Bahu 
of Gampola went [back] to Gampola." — Rqjdvaliya (Gunasekara's 
translation), pp. 66, 67. 
Appendix D. 
According to the Nihaya Sangraha^ p. 28, Bhuvaneka Bahu 
ascended the throne in 1371, and " in the 20th year of his reign that 
king's brother-in-law (suhuru hadu^'O-, the Epa Yira Bahu of the 
Sig. -^^dx from Sk. cse), g^c5, wife's or husband's father, and 
, treasure, " the treasure of a father-in-law," hence in Si^. a massind, 
a brother-in-law or cousin (vide Ummagga Jdtaha), — W. P. Ranasighe. 
