Note 9 — The Story of Ayiwandā

Then Ayiwandā, after throwing up five hundred dried areka-nuts, thought, “If there be an authority which Gōpalu Dēvatāwā gave, may I be able to catch the whole of these five hundred dried areka-nuts without even one’s falling on the ground.” Having thrown up the five hundred dried areka-nuts, Ayiwandā caught them without even one’s falling on the ground. After that, the tavalama became secured (hayi-wunā)9 to Ayiwandā himself. The Moormen left it and went away.