Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.108

c35.108

*Nila, nila, nila paṭa*, blue or green colour, 164, 165: *nil-paṭa koḍiya*, blue-silk flag, 38. Nilagama Paṭabeṇḍa, a craftsman, 168. *Nilakobo Sandeśaya*, The Parrot Messenger, a Sinhalese poem of the eighteenth century, 172. Nilambevatte, a village in the 180. Nilava Muhandirams, craftsmen of Mangalagama, 57; N. Loku Nayide, N. Ratnavalli Navaratna Ābharaṇaya, craftsmen, 58. *Nila vasama*, tenants performing menial services, 26, 27. *Nil-gas*, indigo plant, 164. *Nitinighaṇḍuva*, book of Kandyan law, 20, 22. *Nil-sivi*, grey, 164. *Nimun-kurulla*, handle of plough, 89. *Ninda-gama*, a village temporarily or permanently granted to a chief as personal property without services due, 23, 24, 27, 28, 37, 218, 219. Nine planets, 210, 230. Niriella, a village in Sab., 244. *Nirvāṇa*, 40. Nivedita, Sister, 261. Niviṭigala Nindagama, 27. *Niyaṅda* (*Sanseviera zeylanica*), fibre used for Dumbara mats, 52, 116, 243, 244: *-pōruva*, log for scraping the fibre, 243. Niyaṅgampaha Vihāra, 56, 148. *Niyan-kaṭuva*, chisel, 142. *Niya-poṭen-veḍa*, ‘finger-nail work,’ lacwork, 215, 216. *Nuga gaha* (*Ficus Bengalensis*), 118; Pl. I. Nugavela Basnāyaka Nilame, 14. *Nal*, spun thread, 243: *-heḍa*, warp, 234: *-lanuva*, line, tape, 142: *-velanava*, to lay warp, 236. Nuvara Eliya, hill station, C.P., 190, 192. Nuvara Kalāviya, district now part of the N.C.P., 263.