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Wijesinhe, C., translated Mahāvansa,

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Wijitapura, 237, 239, 242; capture,
238; founded by Parakrama Bāhu
I, 238; site, 239
Wijitapura wihāra, 237

Winslow's dictionary, on game, 619;
on length of span, 338

Wood-Martin, Col. W. G., on Nerenchi
diagram, 579

Wolofs, colour, 46

notification of status, 153; number
in Ceylon, 521
Yak-giri duwa, 13

Yakkhas-Yakshas, attendants on

Kuvēra, 6; cannibals, 18; district,
12, 16, 19; form army of Māra, 28 ;
guards, 28, 269; in Jātaka story,
18; in S. India, 11, 20; on Rițigala,
II; 28 chiefs, 27-28

Yantragala, stone receptacle for
valuables, 298, 658

Women, no seclusion of, 422, 423 Yapawu Baṇḍāra, deified chief, 200
Worō game, 600

Yaṭapila, party of Pattini, 637

Worship of Kiri Ammās a mark of Yaṭṭhāla dāgaba, age, 327; articles
civilisation, 151

Yahana, altar, 173, 200

Yaka, any male deity of Vaeddas,

134; any evil spirit, 42, 139 ff., 143,
144, 145, 146; causes and cures
sickness, 139, 152, 633; mode of
obtaining food, 153; of house, pro-
tective, 152; opinion of monks, 152;

from relic-chamber, 327, 460; in-
scribed bricks, 327

Yaṭṭhāla-Tissa, K., 327, 440; built
Kaelaniya dāgaba, 316; married
niece, 422

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Yōdakandiya tank, 388, 394 ; size, 395
Yōda-waewa Duratissa tank, 390,
393; water-supply, 394
Yojana, length in Ceylon, 255

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