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Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c14.29

Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c14.29

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c14.29

101—109. Of the auspicious quarters on which to set cattle sheds, stables, dung heap, Mayā-buffalo-shed, kitchen, devale, copper workshop, a Bereṇḍi kovil, a Gaṇapati kovil, cooly mataya ‘lines,’ smithies (kammal), and goldsmiths (ranakura) workshops, festal houses, houses for kambura and tarahala smith’s families, for beravayo, dhobies, potters (kumbakarayo), flower sellers (mālākarayo), vihāra and kovil. The laying out of a small town with a royal residence in the midst of it, is what is here considered, as expressly stated in verse 115 below.