Note 2 — SINHALESE TEXTS OF STORIES
Reading edition
With regard to the general use of the word atin,—which, in order to retain the expression, I have translated, “at the hand of,”2—this has virtually the power of a postposition commonly meaning “to,” “of” or “from,” and more rarely “by.”3 The following are examples:—Ē minihā æhæwwā mē gǣnī atin, the man asked (of) this woman. Ē kumārayāge kiri-appā atin kīwā, [he] told (to) the prince’s grandfather. Sitānange gǣni atin kīwā, [he] told (to) the treasurer’s wife. Welihinnī me kollā atin æhæwwā, the f. bear asked (of) this youth. Ē minissu atin rilawat illuwā, (from) the men the monkey also begged. Ūrā atin æhæwwā ara hat denā, (of) the boar asked those seven. Gamarāla … ketta atin kīwā, the gamarāla told (to) the girl.