APPENDIX VII. A synopsis of the Roman characters used to represent the Singhalese-Páli letters, in this publication; taken almost exclusively from the scheme recently published in Bengal. As the Páli Alphabet is nearly identical with the Déwanágari, it cannot be necessary to define the sounds of the letters composing it. There is but one s in Páli. The two is have nearly the same sound; and the letter partakes more of the sound of w then v. INDEX AND GLOSSARY. Abhayagiri or A a wiháro at Anuradhapura, 206, 207, 223, 225, 235, 238, 241, 243, 250. also called Jayawápi, the first tank formed at Anuradhapura, 65, 66, 107, 160, 211. the "cookoo rock" in the Abhaya tank at Anuradhapura, 99. 56, 57, 58, 62, 64, 65, 67: the rájá of Ceylon at the advent of Kakusandho Buddho, 88, 89, 90: the first name of Duṭṭhagámini, 97: the father of Khanjadéwo, 142. from "abhi" supreme and the root ná knowledge, a preternatural gift or wisdom of inspiration, 116. a tank, not identified, 222. a wiháro at the Káhagullako mountain, 127, 205. Singh. Awwruwiṭṭigama, three yojanas to the north west of Anuradhapura. 34, 36. a plain near Anuradhapura, 217. Trans-Gangetic. In the Tikd it is written Adóganga which would signify the 10, 12, 185. a sect of hindu devotees, 67. a wiharo on the summit of Kóțipabbato, 132. a tank, not identified, 234. capital of Yona a division of India, not identified, 171. in Singhalese nelli, a fruit, 22, 70. 215, 216. a hall in Bhirani's palace, also in the Lóhapasádo, 162. a cave in the Seven Korles in which the Ridi wiháro has subsequently been built, 167, 208. at Anuradhapura, 125. a ferry near Bintenne, not identified, 150. |