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මමළුද්දි ඒගොල්ල සැපසනීපෙඋන්නා; "When I came away those people were in good health."—ib. p. 132. උඹ එද්දී ඒගොල්ල සැපසනීපෙඋන්හුට; " Were those people well when you came away ?” තෝකලාහරි ය ; “ Is what you have done right? "—ib. p. 133. මම බාලඅවස්ථාවෙදි පල්ලියෙ අකු රුපුරුදු කලා, '" In my childhood I studied (or was accustomed to study) letters.”—Chater, p. 101: ඒමිනිහාඑඬඉස් සර මම ඒ වැඩකම්මුතු කර ලා තිබුනා, "I had finished the

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work before that man came."—ib.

17. Conjugate දර ‘to bear,’ in the active voice.

18. Parse the stanza at p. 38.

19. Translate the first 18 verses of the VIIIth Chapter of the Gospel according to St. Luke, from the English version into Singhalese.

20. Translate into English the Paragraph at p. cciii. 21. Make a literal translation of the four hymns at p. 134. 22. Render into prose the following stanza:

තඹුරු කැලන් මුකලිත ව න බ ව ස ව ස කවුරු විසින්වත්වැල කියනොහැකි බ ස සිහි කරමින් එහි අරුතත් සොයා තො ස දුක නොව උන්නොත් යහ පතමිතුරෙය ස 23. Render into a verse of the syllabic metre, the following passage:

"Better one talented son. [There is] no [benefit] even by hundreds of fools. One moon dispels the darkness. [It is] not [dispersed] even by hosts of stars.”—Hitòpadèsa.

24. Why is king Gothabaya ගොඨාභය (so named in Pali books) called Goluabà ✪✪ɔɔɔ by the Singhalese? How is the Sanscrit word ę transformed into the Singhalese? 25. Scan the following verses i. e. Reduce them to syllabic instants, and prosodial feet.

පුන් සඳ මෙදි ය හෙලි කර ගණඳුරු හ රණ
මෙන් ද ද සිත් පහන් දෙන අ පැදුරුව රණ
කරමින් පැටී වන්න රණ
දෙන බැව් කි ය වැ ඳ ස

උන් සඳ අකුරු

මම් අද ඒ පත

6ණ

සකියමෙනුබගොස්මේ පත්ඇරන්දන්ම කාලා
සපිරි ගුණ ජු ටා නි ස් අ ප් පු හා මී ට දී
එන විලස කියාලත් නා වෙ කිම්දස් අසා ලා
දුක සැප සොයලා එ

බෝ සෙයින් ආවඩා ලා

Note—p. cclxxvi.

The following is a portion of Mr. Tolfrey's Translation of the Sidath - Sangara. It is extracted from a LS. copy which was in the possession of the late Rev. J. Marsh, Principal of the Colomlo Academy.

PROSODY.

Let us inquire by what signs Poets bind in composition good and bad Feet, Letters &c.

For the whole, the beginning, the middle and the end of verses there are eight (Feet.) These are o Victory or advantage; බගන, Power; නගන, Prosperity; යගන, Longevity; රඟන, Illness; සගන, Great affliction; ජගන, Death; තගන, Adversity.

These are the eight subjects of verse, four of which are prosperous and four adverse; and they have their corresponding Feet, all of which are Trisyllables conformable to those of the Greeks. Each foot has its deity, its constellation (taken from the lunar mansions) as well as its influence. They are thus arranged in an ancient Sanscrit book translated into Singhalese, written by අගස්තිපෟෂී, called කවික ට්ඨපාසානේ, ' the precious stone of the Poet's throat.’

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The first four are called fortunate; and the last four

unfortunate.

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The first foot of a Poem composed according to rule (that is, such a trisyllable chosen as is suitable to the subject according to the influence above ascribed to them) is called , Quality or Property (mystical influence).

The time occupied by the twinkling of an eye is called මත් Mat.

The measure of this time is called, and is equal to the sound of a short vowel.

Two mats are called o Guru, and are equal to the sounding of a long vowel, or of a vowel sound preceding a consonant made mute by the sign , a mute consonant. ගත්හල් is equal to half a Mat. When a vowel sound preceding a consonant is lengthened by a Mat, it is called , encreased by a Mat.

It is curious to observe the correspondence of these trisyllables to those of the Greeks and Romans.

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This subject (more curious than useful) is treated fully in the book

I have before quoted, the

. The Singhalese divide

the day and night each into 30 . The five simple vowels, 8, C,

නිටු අනිටු වන Initial Mystical letters.

A fortunate letter 6 (literally nectar) at the beginning of a Poem will occasion prosperity, an unfortunate letter (literally poison) will destroy the whole work.

A vowel so must not be used in the middle of a Ganna.

ඉටුනිටුවනන්

The unlucky initials are, ∞, 3, I, 6, 8, 4, K, &, qo. The lucky initials are ,,,, ∞, w, ~, 2, 8, ∞, 4, ඔ, ∞, c, d, a.

හොඳණර කඋපත Good and bad nativities.

එ, ඔ. (which are said to comprehend all the vocal sounds of the Alphabet) influence the 30, or hours of the Singhalese day and night, six of these hours being allotted to each vowel. As follows:-These periods, called in Sauscrit, begin with the rising of the sun.

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Of these the three first periods are propitious, and the two last adverse. Poets are forbidden to write verses on the inferior casts.

The four high casts 2 Brahmas, 6 Kings, Merchants, Cultivators, have each their appropriate letters.

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ව,ඡ,ජ, ජ්ඣ,

I, D, E, D, Jm.

∞, I, 4, 2, .
□, 1, 2, ∞,

දෙව The God, නර Man, තිරිසන් Animals, and නරක Devils,

have each their adherent class of letters called ∞.

For the 1st, all the short vowels and all the letters belonging to the families of ,,,, except the last letter of each, q, in, o, I. 2nd, All the long vowels and the last letters of the five families; viz., ,,. 3rd, These single letters 3, 6, @, 9, ∞. 4th, These single letters,,, & with and 0.

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The letters with reference to their mystical influence have also Genders. The vowels are male, the consonants female, and the neuter. •

It is necessary to know under what class of letters a person is born, in order to choose for the beginning of a Poem a letter which has a propitious influence. The five simple vowels, 8, C, e,, form the first class, whose corresponding animal is wild cat.

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Each of these classes has an appropriate animal connected with the nativity of the person, which animal augurs either good or ill fortune.

RULE 1st. ලකර, අලංකාර.

Learned men who are conversant with the Rules of sages, are not satisfied in the construction of a verse to introduce in the middle of it a sanda (two words united by elision), samas (compound words), or the inflexion of a verb or noun.

Bindu and C Sangnike are called S, meaning characters which can

not be sounded alone.

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1(( Three world's chief (Budha).

1(1 A name of the God 9.

(1( A name of a river.

11(Name of Vishnu.

((1 Race of snakes.

N.B. (is the sign of the long, and I of the short syllable.

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