අග්‍ර සර, a. that goes before, preceding, පෙරටුව යන; advancing, ඉස්සරහට යන.

අනු පෙර, a. according to the preceding, consecutive. See අනුපුර්‍ව.

ඉ, n. The fifth vowel of the alphabet; the third in Sanskrit, which has not the two preceding. Its sound is the fine sharp sound of i in pin; its non-initial form is (ි), called ඉස්පිල්ල head or top piece, placed above the consonant it vocalizes: as කි,මි පින්, ki, mi, pin.

ඉහත, a. the preceding, the above.

එ, n. The second letter of the labials, the aspirate of the preceding letter, expressed by ph and pronounced like p in uphill, allowing the h to coalesce with the p.

ඒ, n. The twelfth letter of the alphabet. Its sound is that of the preceding vowel lengthened: as a in Fade, but somewhat broader, the initial sound of it being maintained throughout, without changing into i as the English sound does: consequently in English words it would seem somewhat inelegant. Its non-initial form is the same as the preceding, but lengthened by the addition of /?/ or ි to the consonant, as කේ ké (cay), මේ mé (may).

කවචය, n. armour, mail, සන්නාහය; kettle-drum; amulet; a tree (see the preceding). E. S.

කෙලසීම, කෙලහීම, v. n. of the preceding and following: polluting &c., contamination.

ඛ, n. The second consonant of the alphabet; it is the preceding letter aspirated, expressed in English letters by kh and pronounced like k in black-hall allowing the h to coalesce.

ඝ, n. The fourth consonant of the alphabet. It is the preceding letter aspirated, expressed in English letters by Gh, and pronounced like g in drag-house, allowing the h to coalesce.

චූණිකං, n. explanation of a preceding gāthā (ගාථාවක්) or verse.

ඡ, n. The seventh ronaonant of the alphabet. It is the preceding letter aspirated, expressed by chha and pronounced like ch in fetch-ham, allowing the h in ham to coalesce with the preceding ch.

ඣ, n. The ninth consonant of the alphabet. It is the preceding letter J spirated, expressed by jh.

ඨ, n. The twelfth consonant of the alphabet and aspirate of the preceding.

ධ, n. The fourth letter of the dentals and aspirate of the preceding letter, represented by dh.