Note 494 — Chapter III
Evelyn Abbott translation
Lassen, loc. cit. 12, 137, n. 4, 22, 99 ff. The island then received from the city of Tamraparni the name which is still in use among the natives; Tamraparni is in Pali, Tambapanni; and from this is formed the Taprobane of the Greeks. Lanka is no doubt the older name, but like Sinhala it is still in use.