This story is an evident satire, making fun of people who go about endeavouring to contract unsuitable marriages with the members of families much higher than their own in descent or position. The village medical practitioner is also parodied.
[1] Ketupa ceylonensis. The tree is Hemicyclia sepiaria. [↑]
[2] The Sinhalese names are, Mūnā-Rāwanā, Pari-kewullā, Dikaeṭayā, Goḷuwā, Aṭawannā, Nādakāra-Panikkiyā, Baka-mōḍayā. [↑]
[3] The ordinary call of this Fish-Owl; to be sounded through the nose, with the lips closed, the second note on a lower key than the first. [↑]
[5] Delight-making Princess. [↑]
[7] About 2,800 acres, at two and a half bushels of sowing extent per acre. The yāla is 20 amuṇas, each 5.7 or 6 bushels. [↑]