[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) › c19.5 # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.5 Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.5 - **Language:** English ### [c19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.5) Yellow (\*kaha pāṭa\*).—This is gamboge from the \*gokaṭu\* tree (\*Garcinia morella\*); but the material preferred for painting on wood or earthenware is orpiment (\*hiriyal\*, or \*maḍa hiriyal\*) and this is now often used even when \*gokaṭu\* would be preferable. - [Previous: c19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.4) - [Next: c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.6) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.5) · Pramāṇa