Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c9.15

c9.15

The descendants of goldsmiths live at Mottuvela, an ancestor of one of these obtained the following sannasa in 1665 A.D.: “During the reign of His Majesty the Mighty Emperor Rāja Simha, . . . as Marukona Ratna Ābharaṇa Veḍakāraya offered himself before the Great Gate, orders were given to make jewellery required for the royal Artificers dress, and having made and submitted several jewelleries to the Great King, he stated that he required the Mottuvela Nilapaṅguve Baḍaveḍilla in Pallesiya-pattuva of Asgiri Kōrale, in the Disāvaniya of Mātale, for his maintenance. . . . His Majesty . . . did . . . Their in the year of Śaka 1587, absolutely grant the high and low lands in Mottuvelagama charters Baḍaveḍilla . . . to Marukona Ratna Ābharaṇa Veḍakāraya, to be possessed without any disturbance or hindrance during the existence of the sun, the moon, Senkaḍagala, and the Mahaveli-gaṅga” (Lawrie’s Gazetteer, p. 608).