ورد තාංශාස්වතී ශිෂ්ය හිතාර්ථමාහ, ශාකෙවිහීනශ සිපක්ෂි ඛෙකෙ > the foot of the foe of Mura, the fortunate Satananda proenefit of students, the Bhaswatì in the Saca Year 1021.'" d to the Lotus-foot of the foe of Mura, the illustrious Sata inded, for the benefit of students, the Bhaswatì after the lapse uum-one in the Saka era,' ," > s'moon'' ' vacuum' and 'one' stand for the numetitute the date of Satananda's work. Hence, as there is but cates 1; as a bird is oviparous, and oviparous creatures receive of dwija or 'twice-born,' 'bird' represents the numeral m' indicates nothingness, it properly represents a zero; for the numeral which it plainly indicates. Thus collecting 0, and 1, and reading them from the right we obtain 1021. JAMES DE ALWIS, MEMBER OF THE CEYLON BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. ථකංගා සත්ර මධීයා නොන විද්යාස්ත්ර නිශ්චයං - saruta. "Omnes artes, quæ ad humanitatem pertinent, habent quoddam commune vinculum; et quasi cognatione quadam inter se contiuentur."-Cicero. COLOMBO: WILLIAM SKEEN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, CEYLON. MDCCCLII. |