Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c11.s1.86
Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c11.s1.86
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c11.s1.86
MAL-GAHA: the ‘flower-tree’ is the name given to the little *Mal-gaha* jewelled tree on a Kandyan king’s hat, now worn by chiefs indiscriminately; and also to tree patterns, which would be called by comparative patternists ‘trees of life,’ such as the forms shown in Fig. 40 and Pl. XXXII., 1 and 2). The *mal-gaha* usually springs from a low triangular mound, representing earth or rock, as in Fig. 40 and Pl. XIV., 4.