Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c25.17

c25.17

11. Drawing round it *nāri latā*, leafy branches, and eke the letters of the alphabet with vowel signs, And inserting in the midst a trident with the signs *ōṃ hriṃ* as a talisman, Drawing in the four corners *paṭṭuva*,⁴—peacock, cobra, swan, and serpent, The signs of the Zodiac, the nine planets, and the twenty-seven asterisms,⁵