Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.112

c35.112

Pālkumbura Vihāra, 56, 149. Pallēkaṇḍa, nr. Balaṅgoḍa, 215. Palle Vāhala, Lower Palace, Kandy, now Museum of Kandyan Art, 262. Pal-mānikkan, copperas, 200. Palmette, design motif, 102, 251. Palmyra, *Borassus flabelliformis*, 244. Palol (*Stereospermum suaveolens*), 94. Pālugālevẹva, a village, 180. Pambaya, scarecrow, 74. Pā-mẹduma, pedals of loom, 234. Pānabokka, T. B., 212. Pānabokka Dhammajoti, a priest, 56. Panava, comb, horn or ivory, 109, 185; Fig. 63; Pls. XXXIX., XL.: *panā-kaṭuva*, piece of ivory for a comb, or comb with teeth broken away, 185; Pl. XXXIX., 7: -lẹlla, piece of horn or ivory for a comb, 26. Pañca, five: -kakudha-bhaṇḍaya, regalia, five emblems of State, 33: -nari-geṭa, ‘five-women-knot,’ 67, 91; Fig. 28; Pl. XXXVIII., 1 (over door): *v. also* ‘Five.’ Pāndiyans=Tamils, inhabitants of S. India, 8. Pandama, cresset, torch, 26, 76, 204. Pandan-allana paṅguva, holding of tenant whose service is to carry a cresset in processions, 204: *pandan-uṇḍi*, balls of tow for cressets, 205. Paṇḍitagē, Paṇḍitagedara, names of potters, 219. Paṅguva, holding of a tenant, share of land for which service is due, 25, 28, 193, 194: *v. also* land tenure. Panhiṅda, pl. panhit, writing style, for writing on olas, 49, 52, 207: *v. also* ran-panhiṅda. Pan, any grass used for mats, etc.: -kẹtta, grass weaver’s tool, 194, 244. Pāna, lamp, earthen or metal: *pān-kaṇḍa*, lamp-stand, 223; Pl. XXVI., 9-12: -kaḍuva, lantern, 223; Pls. XXVI., 8, XLIV., 7: -vẹtiya, wick, 26. Pannam, weaving: plain stripes, Pl. XXIV.: -baṭe, rod used by mat-weavers, 243: -kalala, Dumbara mat woven in stripes, 244: -katuru, pattern of mat, probably stripes, 249: -kūra, pattern of woven cloth, 234: -petta, pattern of Dumbara mat, 244. Pannayō, grass cutters, caste, 22, 244. Pansala, priest’s residence, 12, 41, 119, 134, 139, 186: v. also Malvatte, Asgiriya. Pan-sil, five precepts binding on Buddhist laity, 43, 45. Pansiyapanas Jataka Pota, Book of the 550 Jatakas, 41. Paper, Dutch, 65, 166, 179: English, 65, 166: Sinhalese, 65, 166: mss., 179; Fig. 3; Pls. XVII., XX. Parākrama Bāhu I., The Great, A.D. 1164-1197, ‘a faithful and wise man,’ ruled and rebuilt Polonnaruva, also Anurādhapura, 7: the Alfred of Ceylon, 8: painted eyes of images, 72: his decorated theatre, 98: said to have commissioned a translation of Sāriputra, 151: built a pavilion ‘wrought with ivory,’ 184: palace on a single column, 266. Parākrama Bāhu II., A.D. 1240-1275, restored Polonnaruva, 9: had representation of Buddha painted on cloth, 174: offered eighty kathina robes, 236: built Yāpahuva, 144: other references 6, 262. Parākrama Bāhu III., A.D. 1288, 6. Parākrama Bāhu IV., A.D. 1295, translated jātakas into Sinhalese, 10. Parākrama Bāhu VI., 1410-1462, educationist, 10. Parākrama Bāhu VIII., in whose reign the Portuguese arrived, 10. Parākrama, Tamil usurper, 8. Parakumbure Vipassi Sāmi, a monk, 180, 181. Para mala, design (lotus flower) on woven cloth, 234; Pl. XXVIII., 1 (6). Parami (ten) chief (virtues), 173. Paraṇātella, T. B., 92. Parasatu, mythical tree, 94. Paraviyā (pigeon), 89. Parinibbāna (P.), complete emancipation of Buddha at death, 5, 174. Parish Councils, 28. Parker, H., 190, 225.