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Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.113

Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.113

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c35.113

Parrot, girava, 89; Fig. 26: flag, 38. Parsemē, method of design, 107, 110. Paśaka (Clough), dice, 268. Parsva sūtra, side plumb-line, 152, 156, 159. Pas-lō, alloy of five metals, 205. Pata, leaf, 100: wing: leaf of a book: v. also pota, liya-pata: pat-iruva, wedge: leaf of a book, 52: -kapapu, ‘leaf cut,’ kind of diya kacciya, 233: -kaṭṭuva (Clough), gathering of eight or sixteen leaves of a book, 52. Paṭa, a stripe, 100: silk, 38: -redi maha koḍiya, yellow silk flag, 38. Paṭa, colour, 164. Paṭa-tahaḍuva, gold frontlet, 60, 209, 213. Paṭabaṇḍinavā, p.p. paṭabeṇḍi, to confer a title or office by binding a metal plate on the forehead, 60, 209. Paṭangi, Caesalpinia sappan, dye-wood, 243, 244, 245. Patchwork, 239. Paṭisthanaya, ceremonial spear, lance carried in processions, 36, 120; Pl. XLVII., 10. Paṭiya, belt, 33, 233, 234; Pls. III., XXIX., 7. Patra, bowl, alms bowl, 147, 206, 208, 221, 222: -pinkama, presentation of alms bowls, 78. Paṭṭala, workshop, 55, 56: Paṭṭala Hatara, ‘The Four Workshops,’ i.e. the body of royal craftsmen working in Kandy, 55, 64, 70, 76, 215. Paṭṭala-ḷella, hand-rest of ivory turner’s lathe, 187. Paṭṭēya, centipede, a stitch so-called, 241. Patti-ḷella, wooden ‘yard measure,’ 154. Pattini, Hindu Goddess, 6, 23, 38, 46, 139, 222: Pattini Amma, priestess of a Pattini dēvāle, 23. Paṭṭipola, disāvanaya, 180. Paṭṭirippuva, a raised place or platform, particularly the ‘Octagon,’ part of the Daḷadā Māligāva, 13, 33. Patura, pl. paturu, wedge, 65, 106; Fig. 6: elongated isosceles triangle, 217; Pl. XXIV., 1 (G). Payiya, pl. payi, v. bulat payiya. Peacock (moṇara), 89, 230: also a Japanese design of modern introduction, 202.