Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.106

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c35.106

*Naḍava*, shuttle, 234. *Na gaha*, *Messua ferrea*, 47, 230. *Nāga*, cobra, *q.v.*: mythical beings, half human, half cobra, 126, 144: *-bandha*, cobra hood or knop, stop of a chamfer, 89, 129; Fig. 74, c: *-ḍangaya*, design of entwined cobras, 88, 110; Fig. 28; Pl. LII., 3: *-pōruva*, design of entwined cobras in a ring, 88, 110: *-pāṭṭuva*, *-vriksha*, =*nāga ḍangaya*, *q.v.* Nagula, plough, 140. Nahamigē Kōvila, 213. Nairṛita, Hindu God, Regent of S.W. quarter, 72. *Nāla*, pipe or neck of a writing style, 208. Nalalkumbura, 75. Nālanda, N.C.P., 131. *Nalal-paṭiya*, forehead plate, 209, 33; old design for, Pl. XXIII., 3. *Nalāva*, flageolet, 186. Nallegoda Vihāra, 75. *Nāmashṭa*, Sanskrit work on Buddha, 51. *Nanumura maṅgalyaya*, head washing festival, after New Year, 37, 74, 193, 219, 220. Napkins, (*kaḍa*; *indul-kaḍa*: *lensuva*, Port.), 234, 239; Pls. XXVIII., 2, 3, XXXIII., 4, 5. *Narasane yatura* (Bell, Kēgalla Report), *v. narissa yatura*. *Nara simha*, man-lion, 88; Fig. 24. Narēndra Simha, king at Kuṇḍasāle, nr. Kandy, built present Daḷadā Māligāva, 6: his breviary, 49; Fig. 3; Pl. XX., 1, 2: mould for State shoes, 204: other references, 12, 145, 149, 188, 207.