TRANSLATION. Hail! Prosperity! On the middle poho1 day of the waxing moon [of the lunar month] of Hil in the first year of [the reign of] His Majesty Abhay Salamevan. Whereas it was declared [by His Majesty] in respect of the four payalas♦ ['sowing-extent' of land] in Gäliŏduru Gomağḍla, dedicated to the monastery Sen-Senevirad-pirivena, which was caused to be built by the Commander-inChief Kuṭṭhā at the Mahāvihāra, that a Warrant of Council be granted to the effect that persons holding [the management of] two offices should not enter it; that enforcers' of customary practices should not enter; that district headmen' or keepers of district record books' should not appropriate the melaṭsin, the Sinhalese coolies, the Tamil coolies, the carts, the buffaloes, the village oxen, gifts of boiled or raw rice 10, curdled milk or oil" [belonging to the said four payalas]; that those who live by highway robbery 12 or by vagrant habits, or thieves, or those who come [for shelter] after committing assaults 13 should not be admitted; that goldsmiths ", chief artisans (?), or servants " of the royal family should not enter [the said four payalas]; and that farm labourers 16 be not appropriated. 13 We, all of us, [namely:—] Mekāppar Guligamu Araļeim, and Mekāppar Keļalā-Sendeim " [both] of the family of the Commander-in-Chief Kuṭṭhā, and Kuṇḍasalā Saňgdetim of the family of the Chief Secretary Varag-SenāRaksamaņa, having come together by Order, have [now] defined the boundaries of the four payalas [of land] in Gälinduru Gomaṇḍla, and have granted this Warrant of Council. 'Possibly the full moon, this being the middle upōsatha day of the month. Sinh. pohoya, pohō, boho, pōya or po=P. upōsatha. * Vadālein (side C, l. 9). 2 Modern Sinh. II, October-November. Modern Sinh. päla. See above, p. 55, note 3. * See above, p. 170, note 6, and below, p. 207, note 3. * See above, p. 170, note 8, and below, p. 206, note 7. ་ * See above, p. 170, note 9, and below, p. 206, note 8. • See below, p. 207, note 1. Gunasekara Mudaliyar translates hel by 'hills,' and kuli by 'huts.' See above, p. 170, notes 10 and 11. See above, p. 170, note 12. 11 See above, p. 170, note 13. 12 See above, p. 171, notes 1 and 2. 13 See above, p. 171, note 3, and below, p. 207, note 6. 14 See above, p. 171, note 4. 15 See above, p. 171, note 5. 16 Väriyan, 'unfriendly persons,' according to Gunasekara Mudaliyar, but see above, p. 53, note 7. "Keläläsendeyim in the Iripinniyava pillar, above, p. 171. |