Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.101

c35.101

Maskell, Alfred, Sinhalese art essentially Hindu, 183, 251; Sinhalese ivories, 183, 184. Masks, v. Garā-yakshaya costume. Masons, v. gal-vaḍuvō. Mātale, a town and district in the C.P.; Mahā Disāve kaḍa-im-pota, 207: lac-work, 215. Mātara, a town on the S.W. coast of Ceylon, ivory inlaid boxes, 138, 216; ‘diamonds’ (white zircons), 210: victory of the Dutch at, 213: lac-inlaid ivory, 216: design on pottery, Fig. 137, E. Mātgoṃuva, a village, 180. Matra, a measure of length, one angala, q.v., 113, 152. Matsya, fish, especially the fish-avatār of Viṣṇu, 88. Maṭṭam pōruva, set square, a carpenter’s tool, 142. Mattress, of rope or rattan, (cane), 136. Maturaṭa, a village in the C.P., 117: magnesite from, 164, 166. Mats, grass and fibre, 243-245. Māvatura, a village in the C.P., 180. Māvela, a village in the C.P., 180. Mav-urumaya, inheritance in the female line, 58. Maya, a son of Viśvakarma, 63. Māyādunnē, king at Sītāvaka in the sixteenth century, 11. Māyāmataya, a work treating of building sites, ceremonies, etc., 38, 54, 120-128: translated extracts, 124-128. Māyā Raṭa, one of the ‘tri-Sinhala,’ three divisions of Ceylon, 9. May-pole, v. Ehala-gaha, July-tree. Mayura, peacock, q.v. Measurements, units of, used by imagers, 152: padaya, ¼ cubit, 126: cubit, 142: carpenter’s measure, 142: see also canon. Mēḍagoḍa Dēvāle, Kēgalla Dist., Sab., 84, 145. Mēḍa Pansala, Middle Pansala, part of the Malvatte Pansala, Kandy, 179. Mēḍa Vāhala, Middle Palace, part of the palace in Kandy, 115, 180. Mēḍavala Vihāra, in the C.P., cost of restoration by Kirti Śri Rāja Siṃha, 56. The sannasa, quoted by Lawrie, is of much interest. Mēḍavāsala, see Mēḍa Vāhala. Medical relief, 7. Medivaka Minuvaṅgomuva, a village in the C.P., 36. Megasthenes on slavery in India, 22: on metals in use in India, 189. Memory verses,—formation of letters, 50: folding of olas, 52: tieing of books, 52: preparation of vadi, 64: in the Dīpavaṃsa, 162: proportions of writing style, 208: see also Rūpāvaliya, Sāriputra, Vaijayantaya, etc. Meṇik Pāla, queen of the mythical king Maha Sammata, 246. Merit, acquired religious, 13: shared with others, 44, 78. Mermaid, see jala-kindurā. Metal-work, 194-208. Meṭi, clay, potters’ clay; -alla, potter’s bat or mallet, 230: -pahan, -pān, earthen lamps, 39, 223: -pandama, earthen cresset, 223. Mi (Bassia longifolia, L.), 125. Mica and talipot work, 246; Pl. LII., 3. Mīdeṇiya, a village in the C.P., 59. Mihikata=Mahikāntāva, q.v. Mihintale, a hill near Anurādhapura, scene of Mahinda’s conversion of Dēvānam Piyatissa. Milinda-praśnaya, ‘Questions of King Milinda,’ a Buddhist book, 77. Milla (Vitex altissima, L.), 181. Minuvan (Cyperus sp.), a grass used by mat-weavers, mentioned in a song, 247. Mirisavēṭiya Dāgaba, a monument at Anurādhapura, built by Duṭṭha Gāmaṇi, 3. Miris-gala, a stone for grinding curry-stuffs, 32. Miri-veḍi-sangala, golden shoes of State, 33: moulds for, 204; Pl. XLV., 1. Mirror, used in nētra maṅgalya ceremony, 73, 74. Mīrūpe, a village in the C.P., 117. Miṭi riyana, ordinary or ‘short’ cubit, about seventeen English inches, 142.