[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Mediaeval Sinhalese Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908) › c19.51 # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.51 Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.51 - **Language:** English ### [c19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.51) Verse 205 of the Girā Sandēśaya (fifteenth century) speaks of “the monks reaching the different parts of such a great vihāra (Pepiliyāna), and opening the painted covers of the books of sacred doctrine to investigate the meaning of the Abhidhamma text.” - [Previous: c19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.50) - [Next: c19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.52) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.51) · Pramāṇa