No. 56.— 1905.] PADDY CULTIVATION CEREMONIES, 415 
■sadx^C <3^^3^<3^^S ^^x (SNei 
€3x©^ (a^^^^'S^CSJ 9xScS ^x 
5. §C5^f >2^C5<5 (^sa ' 0 
^(5(^ eox^ >^X^(55.S0 9(5 0 
(^^C9^C£S Ox^ -S^Q 0 
-^0^0 ^©-esl (3^S33 CS3 
^Z'SSi^ Q(33 (S CQ3 
900 9xd 
7. ^©^-eSJ 5&x^x -^9c5 ^Qt3 0 
900© 90©a9 a-^(5^^^0 0 
' ^l^O li^lla (from er^^^C sella, a contraction of t6z&di^(^ sehella). 
Perhaps Saman deviyo is meant, but as it stands [in the MS. CS3@ ; 
but C9 is not a letter belonging to pure Elu in which poetry was written, 
although it is not infrequently found in Kandyan MSS.] the words mean 
" all the gods." I have heard other words sung in which Gana deviyo was 
also mentioned. 
■^"Having offered milk." This refers to a kema or charm, for an 
account of which see below, No. 6. 
* " At the milk-entering time," i.e., when the young grains are becom- 
ing filled with soft milky endosperm befote the grain sets. 
^ The auspicious hour may be i determined by a regular astrologer or 
by an ordinary cultivator acquainted with astrology. For further par- 
ticulars see H. C P. Bell, Journal, C.B.R.A.S., vol. VIII., No. 26, p. 78. 
