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Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c24.37

Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c24.37

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c24.37

Specially small vessels (Pl. XXVI., 7) were made for the *kiri-uturaṇa maṅgalya* or ceremony of boiling milk at a dēvāle, generally after the New Year and after a *diya-kepima*. The boiled milk is sprinkled about the premises as an auspicious emblem of prosperity.