Dear listmembers,
I am searching for the meaning of sinhalese käḍapat,
which means something like a message for a king.
Paranavitana explains this word as sk kāṣṭha-patra, a message written on wood.
This was in use in Central-Asia but not in Sri Lanka.
I suggest a Prakrit-word, since I remember pk kaḍa = bamboo etc.

Anyone came across a similar word in Prakrit describing a message?
And messages written on bamboo?

Best

Heiner

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