Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c29.s1.10

c29.s1.10

Perfectly plain mats are called pannam kalāla; those decorated with birds, as is usually done, are kurullu kalāla; those with a variety of patterns are veḍa kalāla or veḍa peḍuru. The following names of patterns are in use, the first five being illustrated on Pl. XXXIV.: toran-petta, ratvatte-alaṅkaraya, tārāva, tani-veḷ iruva, depota-lanuva, tārakā-petta, pannam-petta, tunpota lanuva, del-geṭa-lanuva, mal-gaha (Fig. 142), etc.; also animals, as birds, deer, cobras, elephants.