Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c11.s1.74

c11.s1.74

SĪNA-MALA. This characteristic form is illustrated in Fig. 33, II., a detail from Riḍi Vihāra. In Fig. 6 it is seen in association with the vaka-deka, to which it is soon added to form a more elaborate drawing ‘copy.’ The sīna-mala is much used; either as a flower-spray proceeding from the mouth of some beast, or attached to the stem of some liya-veḷa; also in jewellery, as on Pl. XLII., 5, pendants to cup; Pl. XXIII., 7.