Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c11.s1.95
Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c11.s1.95
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c11.s1.95
LIYA-VELA. The ordinary meaning of *vela* is a climbing plant, a jungle rope; *liya* has the same meaning, as well as the secondary meaning of woman, gracefulness, etc., as in *liya kindura*. In Sinhalese ornament *vela* or *liya vela* has the technical meaning of vegetable ornament, consisting not of single flowers or leaves, but of a continuous stem with rhythmically disposed floral or foliar elements, such as German writers name *fortpflanzende Wellenranke*. The word ‘branch’