Note 2 — The Princes who Learnt the Sciences

Siṭānō. Except in a few instances in which a Treasurer appears to be referred to (as in No. 100), I have followed Clough in translating this word as “nobleman.” In Mr. Gunasekara’s excellent Sinhalese Grammar it is translated “Chief”; in the northern Kandian districts I have never heard it so used, the usual expression for a Chief being Nilamē, a word, however, which occurs only once in these stories. The adjectival forms are Siṭi and Siṭu. Siṭānō is the honorific (pl.) form of Siṭānā. ↑