රාස්වතීශිෂ්යහිතාර්ථමාහ, Ramdasmafusion@om: > the foot of the foe of Mura, the fortunate Satăǎnanda proenefit of students, the Bhaswatì in the Saca Year 1021.'" d to the Lotus-foot of the foe of Mura, the illustrious Satà inded, for the benefit of students, the Bhaswati after the lapse uum-one in the Saka era," S 'moon' 'bird' " ' 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. 6 THE SIDATH SANGARAWA, A GRAMMAR OF THE SINGHALESE LANGUAGE, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, AND APPENDICES. BY JAMES DE ALWIS, MEMBER OF THE CEYLON BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. ඒකංඟා සත්ර මධියා නොනවිද්යාච්ඡාස්ත්ර නිශ්චයංo —s'srutu "Omnes artes, quæ ad humanitatem pertinent, habent quoddam commune vinculum; et quasi COLOMBO: WILLIAM SKEEN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, CEYLON. MDCCCLII. 16 |