Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c10.s2.4

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c10.s2.4

∗ *As in the cases recorded in the Damunumeya and Ovala sannas, quoted on pp. 77, 78, below.* † *As, for example, recorded in the Dembaralave Vihara tuḍapata (Lawrie's Gazetteer, p. 717).* ‡ *Rather it is thus consecrated; as Knox himself remarks elsewhere, ‘As for these Images they say they do not own them to be Gods themselves but only Figures, representing their Gods to their memories; and as such give to them honour and worship.’*

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