Dedication
In token of respect and affection I dedicate to my counsellor and friend of many years, Hikkaduwe Sumangala, Pradhāna Nāyaka Sthavīra and High Priest of Adam’s Peak (Sripada) and the Western Province, THE BUDDHIST CATECHISM, in its revised form.
H. S. OLCOTT
Adyar, 1903.