Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.107

c35.107

*Nari-lata-veḷa*, woman-creeper, woman-branch, 92-94, 133, 168, 187, 230; Figs. 26 (B), 29, 31; Pls. XXXVIII., 3, XXXIX., 3, XL., 13, XLVIII., 10. *Narissa yatura*, lit. ‘man-head lock,’ bar-lock characteristic of Kandyan doors, 195; Fig. 103; Pl. XLIIIA, 7. The heads in all cases are, however, lion-heads. Narmada, Nerbudda, one of the Seven Sacred Rivers of India, 74. *Naṭana paṅguva*, holding of a tenant who must provide dancers at a dēvāle, 220. Nātha, a god: Nātha Dēviyō, Dēva, sometimes identified with Maitri Buddha, 46, 148, 173. Nātha Dēvāle, Kandy, 12: royal inauguration ceremonies, 206, 209: New Year ceremonies, 220. Naturalism not characteristic of Indian and Sinhalese art, 87, 95, 211. Nature spirits (*dēva*), 46, 121, 123, 126. *Nava-nāri-kuñjaraya*, ‘9-women-elephant,’ 67, 91. *Navandannā*, artificer, caste, 54, 61, 192. *Navan-paṅguva*, holding of an artificer tenant, 25, 76, 194. *Navaratna*, nine gems, viz. nine verses uttered by nine pandits at the court of Vikramāditya, 51: *-muḍuva*, ring set with nine stones, 210; Pl. LI., 12. Nāyakumbura, 193. *Nayi-heḷiya*, earthen jar decorated with cobras, 222. *Neḳata*, asterism of the moon, 64, 71, 126, 127: *neḳat balanava*, to find an auspicious *neḳata* for an undertaking, 70. *Nelum-mala*, lotus, *q.v.* *Nēmbiliya* (*nāmbu+heḷiya*) earthen vessel for cleaning rice, 208, 221, 226; Pl. V., 4, XXV., 10. *Nētra maṅgalyaya*, *nētra pinkama*, ceremony and festival of painting the eyes of an image, 14, 56, 60, 61, 70-75, 149, 174. *Nētra sūtra*, eye plumb-line, 259. Nevill, H., 21, 232, 264, 262. New Year, ceremonies, *avurudu maṅgalyaya*, 26, 37, 220, 222. Niharepola Alahakkon Mohottala, 207. Nikapaṭa, a village in Ūva, 218.