Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c9.17

c9.17

In A.D. 1710 the following sannasa was granted to an artificer of Gannoruva: “As Gannoruve Navaratna Davuṇḍa Ābharaṇa Ācariya was serving the Great Gate faithfully, on this Tuesday, the eleventh day of the increasing moon, in the month of Esala, in the year of Śaka 1632, styled Vikṛita, the field Vaḍuḍeniya of three amuṇu, with all its appurtenant high and low lands, plantations, and buildings, was granted to him for his maintenance. This is the purport of the command, and it is this” (Lawrie’s Gazetteer, p. 278).