SINGHALESE LITERATURE.

The Pali language [512]
The temples the depositaries of learning [512]
Historiographers employed by the kings [512]
Ola books, how prepared [513]
A stile, and the mode of writing [513]
Books on plates of metal (note) [513]
Differences between Elu and Singhalese [513]
Pali works
- Grammar [514]
- Hardy's list of Singhalese books (note) [515]
- Pali books all written in verse [515]
- The Pittakas [515]
- The Jatakas—resemble the Talmud [516]
- Pali literature generally [516]
- The Milinda-prasna [516]
- Pali historical books and their character [517]
- The Mahawanso [517]
- Scriptural coincidences in Pali books (note) [518]
Sanskrit works:
- Principally on science and medicine [520]
Elu and Singhalese works:
- Low tone of the popular literature [520]
- Chiefly ballads and metrical essays [521]
- Exempt from licentiousness [521]
- Sacred poems in honour of Hindu gods [521]
- General literature of the people [522]