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Transcriber’s Note:
Some fonts may not render the following characters as expected:n under ring—Sin̥haleseSinalese n underring—Sy-chong-n̥gén-ponSy-chong-n̥gén-pon n underring—Mámyan̥gamaMámyan̥gama n underringdot under—e and d inWẹlikaḍaWẹlikaḍa dot under e and d—l inAvissáweḷaAvissáweḷa dot under l,—é inBẹ́naBẹ́na dot under e acute,—t inKuruwiṭaKuruwiṭa dot under tandHẹramiṭipánaHẹramiṭipána dot under t,
Some fonts may not render the following characters as expected:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and placed in the public domain.
Items in theErratalisted on page 424 have been changed. Otherwise, no known changes to spelling or punctuation as appeared in the original publication have been made except as follows: