Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c34.1

c34.1

P. 7. *Jeṭṭhatissa.* According to the Pūjāvaliya (translation, p. 25), Jeṭṭhatissa ‘constructed images with his own hands from ivory, sandal wood, *kihiri* wood, and stone, and established them as examples to be imitated thereafter for the benefit of Lanka.’