Bana, or divinity, including the three
Pitakas, clxix.
Baranama-gabasaka, a diagram, by Ka-
ratotte Terunanse, cvii; plate of
the same, cviii.

Barana-Ganitayà, a Singhalese Poet,
ccxxxi.

Barbauld, Mrs. quoted, lxxx, lxxxi.
Batuwantudàwe, Don Andris de Silva,

a native Pandit, xc.

duction to, lxvii, 225.

Belasantakatawa, a poem, lxxvi.
Benedictive mood, 59, 61, 105.
Betel, properties of, ccv, 204, 207.
Bhodisat, his forgiving temper, clxi.
Blackstone's Commentaries quoted, 139.
Blank verse, xcvii, cxxxi.
Bombastic style, lxviii.

Books, Singhalese, language employed
in, not identical with that usually
spoken, xlviii.

Bopp, Professor, quoted, xxxii, xl, xli,

xlii, xlvii, xlviii, lxi, lxiii; 19, 190.
Brahmins from India, masters of Sing-
halese language, xx; introduced the
Sanscrit into Ceylon, cxlvi.
Brougham, Lord, quotation from, cxc.
Budha, appellations of, cviii; died at
the age of 80, cx; attributes of,
cviii, et seq.

Budhadasha, son of Jetti-tisso, a great
proficient in medicine, clxii.
Budhagadja, 224.

Budha-Ghosha, a very learned and re-

nowned Priest, cli, clxxi.
Budhism, doctrines of, propounded by

Mihindu, 306. B. C. xx; four articles
of belief in, cxii; introduction of,
into Ceylon, 307 B. C., cxl; text
books of, committed to writing by
500 Priests, 92 B. C., cxlv.
Budhistical Scriptures, burnt by Wihara-
tissa, A. D. 209, cxlvi.

Champu, the Sanscrit designation for a
mixed style, lxxi.
Chandas, Prosody, clxix.
Chandragupta, identical with Sandrocot-
tus, cxli.

Charity or Hospitality, a paragraph
on, cciv.

Chater's Grammar noticed, cclxiii, 213.
Chatus Sattiya, four articles of belief in
Budhism, cxii.

Chittra, drawing, clxix.
Chòramale, a poem, lxxiii.
Christian instruction imparted to the
Veddas, xviii.

Churnica, another name for Culuca;
which see.

Classification of letters, 144.
Clough's, (Rev. B.) Dictionary, 227;
quotations from, xv, xxvii, xxviii,
lx, ixiv.

Code of laws compiled by Dapula II.
A. D. 895, clxii.

Colebrooke quoted, xlix, l, lxvii, lxviii,
lxxi.

College-see Medical.
Colombo, kolamba means “harbour,” 4.
Combination or Compounds, 3.
Comparison. n. 51. 82.

Compounds, 44.

Aviasamas, ib.

Vibat Samas, ib., 45.
Wesesun Samas, ib. 47.
An'aruth Samas, ib. 48.
D'aruth Samas, ib. 49.

compared with the like in
Sanscrit, n. ib.
Copulative, 49.

Concord, 51, et seq.
Conditional mood, 59, 62.
Conjugation, principles of, 55, 100, 191.
Conjugational inflexions, 55, 101.
Conjunctions, see Indeclinable particles.
Consonants twenty, 2.

Construction of sentences in the Sing-

balese, 52, et seq.

Correspondence between the Singhalese
and Indian kings in the Pali lan-
guage, xix.

Countenance of a Yakkinni or she-demon,

xvi.

Course of Reading in the Singhalese,222.
Courts of Justice-see Justice.
Cretic, a prosodial foot, 75.
Crombie quoted, 24, 50.

Culuca, the Sanscrit designation for ele.
gant Prose, lxvii.

DACTYL, a prosodial foot, 75.
Dahamgetta, a Singhalese Poem, lxv;

extract from, clxxxv.
Dakunutòhalgee, a species of blank
verse, cxxxi.
Daladakatawa, ccvii.

Daladawanse, a prose work, clxxxiü;

extract from, ib.

Dambadeniasne, a prose work, clxxxv.
Dampiyawa, translated from Pali, one
of the books named in Sir George
Anderson's Minute 202; extract
from, 199.

Danakal, energy in composition, 188.
Dandialankara, a Sanscrit work on Rhe-
toric, 184.

Danub'bèdha, archery, clxix.
Darmakirti, a celebrated writer, clxiii.
Dashakumara charita, a Sanscrit prose
work, 184.

Dative case, 33; terminations of, 34;
Syntax of, 35; examples of, 94.
David de Saram, a celebrated native

chieftain and Poet, ccxxxvii.

Davy, Dr. quoted, cxiv.

Debas, or dialogues, cxvii.
Declension, definition of, 3.

Declensions of nouns, 25; 96 et seq.
-pronouns, 99.

Definite article, n. 25.
Degrees of comparison, n. 51.
Demon or Yakho worship, xiii.

Denamutumàla, a poem, lxxiii.
Dental sounds, 144, 147.
Derivative nouns, 11.

Derivatives, 65, 70.

Description of the city of Kusawath, clxx.
Descriptive nouns, 12 n.

Dèva Nagara, introduced by the Sinha
conquerors, lvi.

Dèwadarmajataka, a Poem, ccxxxvii.
Dèwadutha Sutra Sanna, quoted, lxx.
Dèwdath' warna, a poem,
lxxvi.
Diagram, No. 1, xciv; No. 2, cvii.
of 8 classes of letters, cxxvi;

of well meant words, cxxvii.

Dialogue between a pandit and a Yak-
kinni, (a she-demon) xv; dialogue,
a species of style, 85.
Disorder in composition, 79.
Disquisition on cold water, clxxiii,
Dissanayaka, a linguist, ccxxviii; extracts
from his works, ib.

Distribution of syllabic instants into
blank verse, cxxxi; into Rhymes,
cxxxii.

Divine characters, 77.

Doctrines of Budhism propounded by
Mahindu, 306 B. C., XX.

Don Abraham de Saram, 2d Maha Mod-
liar, ccxlvii.

Don Thomasz Modliar, Native Pandit,
ccxlvii.

Double-entendre verses in Singhalese,

lxv, cxvi, cclxxix, et seq.
Du-agagee, aspecies of blank verse, cxxxi.
Dunuville Gajanayaka Nillame, xciv,
xcvi; a Singhalese Poet, ccxxxi.
Hatane, a poem, ccxxxii.
Durandara, a celebrated writer, clxxxv.
Dwandwa Compounds, n, 44.
Dysentry, six kinds of, ccxxiv.
Dwigu Compounds, n. 44.

EASTERN Monachism, work by Rev. S.
Hardy. noticed, cxlviii.

Edifices, Budhistical, to be found in the
vicinity of the Gunduck river, lvii.
Education, female, ccxv.
Elements of Grammar, twenty, 1.
Elision, 5.

Elongation of letters, 8.

Elu, no other than the Singhalese, xxvii ;
the meaning of the term. xxxii;
notion that it is the colloquial dia-
lect confuted, xxxiii; ancient lan-
guage of the Singhalese, xxxviii;
Prosody, xcviii.

Akarádia, a dictionary, xxviii.

- Sanscrit style introduced into the
island, xlix, clxxxvii.

Epenthesis, n 5.

Era, Budhistical, antedated by Maha-

nama, the same adjusted, cxl, cxlii.

Established usage, 9, 155.

Evil characters, cxxvi, et seq. 77.
Examples of ancient and modern Singha-
lese, xxxv, xxxvi.

Exercise in parsing, 210.

Gurulugòmi, author of the Pradeepikàwa
selection from, xxv, clx.

Gutteral sounds, 144, 147.

Guttilla, a celebrated poem, cxix ; extract
from, cxcviii.

an, 212.

Expletives, 170.

FEET Prosodial, 75.

Female Education, ccxv.

-writers amongst the Singhalese,
ccxvi.

Fever, eight kinds of, ccxxvi.
Florentinakatawa, a poem, lxxvi.
Forbes' (Major) Eleven years in Ceylon,
extracts from, xiii, xvii, lvi, cxxxix.
Forbes, (Dr.) author of a Persian Gram-
mar quoted, cclxvi.
Francis quoted, xcv.

Fuller, Thomas, referred to, clxxxviii.
Future tense, 57, 104.

GALETTAMBA a Singhalese Poet, ccxxxi.
Gajaman, a Poetess, extracts from the
writings of, ccxvi.
Ganadewihèlla. 223.

Gàndarwa, dancing, music, &c., clxix.
Gangàròhana, a poem, quotation from,

xxxi, ccxxxvii.

Hardy, Rev. Spence, quoted, xxiv, xxvii,
lvii.

Harich'chandrakatawa translated into
Singhalese, Ixxiv.

Heeralumále, a Poem, lxxiii.

Helenakatawa translated into Singhalese,

lxxvi.

Heresy, the Wytulian, cxlvi.
Hettigoda, a Poet, ccxlv.

Heylin, Dr. quoted, clxiv.

Hindu Pantheon, author of, quoted, xliv.
Histories published by the School Com-

mission, 198.

History of the Singhalese language di-
vided into five periods, cxxxix.
Hitopadèse, a portion of, translated into
Singhalese, 204, extract from, ccv.
Hòdia, affinity between the Tamil and
Singhalese, Ivii; Singhalese, lxii;
definition of, ib.

Holy Scriptures, translation of the,
lxxxiv; the Cotta version compara-
tively incorrect, lxxxv.

Hooker, quoted, 140.

Horace quoted, xcv.

Horne Tooke's Diversions on Purley, 10.
Hospitality or charity, a paragraph on,

cciv.

Human characters, 77.
Humboldt, referred, xlviii.

178.

Ghosts playing at cricket with empty
skulls, a tale, lxxv.

Gilchrist's (Dr.) system of spelling, 135.
Gnya, an obsolete science of the Sing-
halese, clxix.

Gogerly, the Rev D. J., ccxlviii.
Goldsmith, Dr. quoted, lxix, lxxxii.
Government of cases, 73.
Government Ordinances, the translated,
198.

Gowtama and the ascetic, clviii.
Guna, a modification of vowels, 149.
Gunduck river, Budhistical edifices to
be found in the vicinity of, xix, lvii.
Guru, definition of, cxx; marks proper
for, cxxxiii,

Gurulu, a fabulous animal, 183.

IDIOMS between the English and Sin-
ghalese languages, xliii.

Imperative mood, 59, 105.
Indeclinable Particles, 9, 22, 23, 168.
Indicative mood, 55.

Inflectional terminations of nouns, see
each case.

Inflexion, principles of, 179.
Inflexion, 4; of the nominative case 26;

of the accusative, 28; of the instru-
mental, 29; of the auxiliary, 31; of
the dative, 33; of the ablative, 35;
of the genitive, 37, 178; of the loca-
tive, 40; of the vocative, 41; sy-
nopsis of, 179.

Ingirisihatane, a poem, ccxxxvii.
Inscriptions on rocks at Mihintala, cxlvii;

near Dambul letters approximating
to the ancient Singhalese, cxlv.

Knighton's History of Ceylon, extracts
from, xxvi, clv, cixii, clxviii.
Knowledge is power." ccxxx.

Kowul Sandèse, a poem, cxevi; extract
from. cxcvii.

Kudusika, an ancient prose work, cl.

Jayamini, an obsolete science of the Sin-
ghale e, claix

Johnson. Dr. quoted, lxxix. ciii. ccl.
Joint-letters not recognised in the Sin-

ghalese language, ixiv.

cxxiii. cxxix, ccix.
Kusawath, description of the city of,
clxx.

LABIAL Sounds, 144. 147.
Laggalla. Inscriptions at, cxxxix.
Lagu, a short letter, cxix; proper mark
for, cxxxiii. 76.

Lakara, or Rhetoric, clxix.
Lambrick, Rev. Sam., lxxxviii, cclv,
cclxxi. 22. 25. 26. 212.

Lanca. the equinoctial point of the
Hindu astronomer. xii.

227. 229.

Justice, Courts of. during the reign of
Parakkrama Bahu, I. A. D. 153,
cixiv.

KACH'CHANO, Pali Grammar, clxix.
Kadusaramba, the art of fencing with
swords, clxix.

Kaladewala's visit to Budha, clxxii.
Kalidas (not the Shakspeare of the
East.) cliv.
Kanchanadewikatawa, a poem, ccxxxvii.
Kanchimale, a poem, Ixxiv.

Kantahalajatake, a poem, lxxvi, ccxxxvii.
kap, an obsolete science of the Sin-
ghalese, cixix.

Káraka. 4. 73.

Karatota, a Pandit, eviii, ccxxxi.
Karikagee. a species of blank verse,

CXXX'.

Karmadharya Compounds, n. 44, 47.
Katuwana, the author of Kawminimal-

dama, ccxxx.
Kaviasekare, the best of the modern
poems. xxx; extracts from, ciii, cxxii,
cxxiv. cxxix. ccx.

not identical with that usually
spoken, xiviii.

Lanka, (Ceylon) the abode of Yakhos

or devils, xiv.

Leyden. Dr. quoted, clxxxix.
Libraries. 128. during the reign of Parak-

krama Bahu, 1., A. D. 1153, clxiv.
Linga; see Gender.

List of words of one Syllable. xlvii.
Literary destruction by Rajà-inha, ccvii.
Literature of the Singhalese destroyed
by the Malabars, clxviii.
Locative case. 40; terminations of, ib.;
Syntax of, 41; examples of, 95.
Lop. see Elision.

Louth. Dr. quoted, cclxxxiii, 26.
Lòweda Sangrahàya, a poem, xxx, lxxiii,

MACAULAY's history of England, celxxx.
MacVicar, Dr. quoted, xxxii, lìx, kx.
Magadha, also called Pali, xxvii, clxix
Maggallana's Pali Grammar, cixix.
Maggallana's l'ali Vocabulary, ccliii.
Mababòdiwansa, translation of, ccxxv.
Mahakannajataka, a Poem, ccxxxvii.
Mahawansa quoted. xvi, xxii. xxiii. cxl.

Kawminimaldama. a poem, ccxxx.
Kawminipahana, a poem in 1840, xxxi.
Kawminikondala, quoted from, xxxi, xciii.
cili, cvi, cxxix, &c.

Pali, A. D. 459. clii.

Mahindu or Mihindu, propounder of the
doctrines of Budhism, 306 B. C., 11.
Mahusada, Pandit, xv, olxxix.
Makaraddaja. a Poem, quotation from,
xxxi, ccxxvii.

Mayuru Sandèsè quoted. 8.

Mèdankara, a celebrated writer, clxiii.
Medical College, established by Dapula
II. A. D. 795, clxii.

Medum. a species of Rhymes, cxxxii.
Meeripenne, a Singhalese Poet, quoted

from, cv, ccxxxi. ccxxxix, et seq.
Mèghadhuta of Kalidàsha, cxcii, 6, 21.
Melody of the Singhalese verse, cxix.
Menu, the first of created beings, 68.
Metaphors, n. 38, 86.
Metaphorical Simile, 87.
Metatheses, 6, et seq.

Meth, meditation of love, cxlviii.
Metre of Poetry, lxxxix, et seq.
Mihintala, inscriptions found on slabs
and Rocks at, xxxiv.
Milky ocean, a fabulous sea, c.
Milindapprasne, extract from, ccxxvii.
Mills, Dr. referred to, ccliii.
Milton quoted, lxxviii.

Mind, the chief agent of sin, clvii, 200.
Mind, derivation of the term, 68.
Mingati, a species of Rhymes cxxxii.
Miyuru, energy of style, 186.
Modamale, a poem, Ixxiii.
Moggallayana Pathi l'anchika. a com-

mentary on a Pali Grammar, cxcv.
Moksha, an obsolete science of the Sin-

ghalese, clxviii.

Molossus, a Prosodial foot, 75.

NAGARA, to be found in ancient monu-
-ments xlvi; Alphabet, lvi.
Nakshastra. astronomy, clxix.
Nalòdaya, referred to, ciii.

Nalu'gee, a species of blank verse, cxxxi.
Nàmàshtashataka, 224.

Namaskarasatake, a work by Sangaraja,

ccxxvii.

Namàwalia, a dictionary of Synonymes,
xxviii; quoted. n. 18,

Nampotha, 223.

Nanodaya, work by Budha Gòsha, clii.
Native Productions-See Original.
Native Pandits indifferent teachers, ccli.
Nawaratna, 224.

Nawaratnamàle, the production of a
female, ccxvi.

Neeti, or Jurisprudence, clxix.
Nidi'uwam, a Rhetorical trope, 84.
Nidipasas, a species of composition, 85.
Nigandu, Botany, clxix.
Nikinikatha, a poem, extract from, xxxi.
Nipan, definition of, 4.

Niruth'thi, derivation or Philology, clxix.
Nokkadumale, a poem, ccxix.
Nominal derivatives, 68.

Nominative case, 26; inflexions of, ib.;

examples &c., 71, 91.

Nouns of five kinds, 10; inflexions of,
179, declensions of, 25, 96, 190.
Number, the singular and plural, n. 32.

OBAYASEKARA, a Poet, ccxlvi.
Obscurity in composition, 79.
On Criticism, a stanza, lxxxi.

Woman, a scrap, lxxxii.
Night, lxxxix, 196.

Morning, xc.

ghalese language is, xlvii.

Moods, 59-see under each head.

Moral virtues of kings, cxxix.
Moratota, a Singhalese Poet. ccxxxii.
Mugdhabhòdha, a Pali Grammar,

cclxxix, 23.
Muktaka, Sanscrit designation for simple
prose, lxvii.
Mulusika, an ancient prose work, extract

from, cl.

Munkotuwèràla, a ballad singer and
poet, xcix.

Muwadew dawa, a poem in blank verse,
clxiii; extracts from, clxvii.
Myrupada, author of Pùjàwalia, clxiii.