Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c22.114

c22.114

*bowls* Begging bowls were generally made of iron, rarely of precious metals. There is a gold bowl, if I remember rightly, at the Daladā Māligāva. A copper gilt *patra* is mentioned in a *sannasa* as having been given by Narēndra Simha to the Māniyangama Vihāra. The copper bowl has the royal sign manual, ŚRI, upon it (Bell, Kēgalla Report, p. 66).