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or_rRNAi-, R.-r,.s.
(C:EYL{IN)
OL. ,\,\-\
r.
period. Ihe
dhyate'n,ena
ceti kttvtt'-karunayolt
(p. +-1. 22--25); again the derivations of the Pali wortls saigalto,
aannanii and g7t'rl are gi'u'en in Sanskrit asprthag visttr'tt,unam ekattol>asamhorah saigrahah @.+, z8--3o) , tarnyate'nenartha itr' li&/na.nd',n (5, zo-zz),
giratyannapanamiti grh;a (42, ro--rr). In the phrase yani pu,rii jatakani
tlie different uses r,,f ttre Fali ternt pnri are given in Sanskrit :
andgate satt nikr ste--tathatite civantane
kaladtaye'pi kavibhih--Pttya tubd.o ni!>utyatc (4, rr -rz)
In explaining the Pali rvords sallia (+, lS), cord.'petvu (+,.r, :), tltthdpesi
Qo, 14) gadhali (ro8, 2!\, baviiretr.,d (ro9, r), at,ah.ititi;it (tzZ, il', dissanti
(zr8, g) , etc. the roots ilre given according to Sanskrit grammarians.
The author's acquaint;rnce rvith Brahrnanical works in Sanskrit is seen
in passages
d.j
ana - adhlt
like
No. 97--rq;4,11
22t
irli, r4--r5) ;
etc.
often a Pali fernr or" pirrase is hrst expla.ined in old sinhalcse, agrecing
verv closeh- I,r'itir tl-ic original Fali expressiun, and is again rendered in i
simpler and mLrre rnodern form. e.X., sokka,-dattiyotru--sak-d(iti,iakvaya dsin dena-ladti,li u
1,a -vartttl i (r', 3u- 3t) ; arttantcna:dtatin4elarara kelavarri-ya yanuui (z(t, z:,--zz); jdtcrggim.-dli-gin,i hn,at r.eatt, da
-yantryi
pa{,an, riiki gini--rdfon datas geno nonit,d. naiigct tibtV gi,rti tta
1rrz,
z-4).
stt4,thhaditaa
28,) overcome
,vhere
Amidst these are aiso to be founcl some r',,orcis rvhich are in ordinarv use
i:ven today,
!g , baQa bettrv (38,rr) , i,ituritba hecl (8o,28) ; lipa fire-place
t1o: 17), paralq ra{ters (+:, +), a.ttikaram paJ,ment in aclvance (Sfi z6),
ptiduru mats (6r,
JE ; r,15, {), attt, branches (6:, rq), huliyuhire,wige (67,
; r\,
.i'om-Ltaln brinjrl(h,'{, l{r). htnitl,,ttru rield 1lix, zt\.,,rlcitpflns (7h. r\. puia
pot-herbs (78,16). tampckT a kind of pot-herb (Zg, ,t), *inut ligs (8:, , ;
rrz, 6), l>aiiduru bushes $ocl, 2i, iiitl"itl left c,ver frtrm a mcaf (rtr,23,
rz) tatrd bat (ttt, zc.), kulla winnrtwing'fan (rr:, 9; rfu, zr),
1,8.2,
,1ti.llya,cooking pan (r13, 4), tipalta surety (rzB, :li) , tiritti,t trnt (t:r, ,
f1
,,AAa knock (I+-1. :o), liiida well (r5o, 6), t,url,a-diya liigh-ticle (16!, rb),
i:i tl_i)'a low-ride (;b5. rr1, ,.alla garclcn (rx,1. 22 : r(15, tz)
t.
.tohai,r irun
ii87, z-*3), l>otta bark (zrz., t6. zo), etc.
A few w-ords which iiave crept i'rtci Sinha.lese frr.rin I)ravidian sources
irie also to L.re met with iri llrelataka-Atula-Giitapaclirya e.g., kattalaya
fxttnt, limit (39, z), angani market-place (Sg, zgl ,-kwritlli iron hammer,
pic:k-axc
\S+, z6), tadi'pcie fc,r carri'ing a"Ictacl"(67, zo), hutl.aya basket
'l(,,.r2),
A,7d.z
(zc:c1,
(f
,zg),
'22)'.
',1'tAA'tr turcl,eS 1r.1,1. b).
hulltrA,;1 Oip" ,.n
f(!ltt;'Li)t!.t clrest (rr, t.
i9li, z9), panant a coin (Sq, i3), t'cutdtu,a li-il 1OS,'r51 and Aall
knife,
i,I:eapon (zrz, rg).
-i'he
222
one who
JOLTRNAL,
sw'it-r'ts,
ltihtilla
R.A.S. (CEYLON)
Vor. XXXVi.
Ip
(19.33) v.l abh,ir au ant i I'ausboll-Jitaka
.abh'isaranli
.
Ip
(66, to) ,, ttpdyo
u.pd,ydso
rIp
udd,esa-mattena (r22,t9)., uddesa-maggettLt ,.
(r34.zz).. pure-dtalena
tIp
puta-dudrena
III p
wahii-dhilm,om hntud (z39.t q) ., mahd-thupam katuu ,,
rE
ver. 99
186 1.9
47 1.21
i{o. 97 -t944)
)))
r53 l. z5
461
1. 3-.1.
explaining the dithculties in the Pali text, it occasionally throrvs interesting sideJights on the social conditions of the periocl. That beef-eating
was looked dou'n upon b1'the people of this tin're is proved by the note Lrn
bheri-t,adaka-kttle (7q, r8-r9). 'fhe explanations of the ternrs sisakahapanadini (tz, ro--tq) and janglta-kahapa4a (r43, zr-23) shed sorne
light on ancient methods o{ taxation.
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