Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.115

c35.115

Pilima Talāva Adigār, 13, 14, 149, 206, 209, 212. Pill-boxes, horn, 187. Pillow-cases, 239. Pincott, F., 81. Pine-apple, type of design, 95, 102; Fig. 33 (ix.): a survival in Sin. art, 252. Pingāna, china dish, 32. ‘Pingo,’ yoke, a springy stick, loaded at both ends and carried on the shoulder: silver mounted, Pl. LI., 2: v. also kada= yoke-load. Pinkama, a deed of merit, a celebration, festival, 25, 26: v. nētra pinkama, pātra pinkama. Pinnavala Vihāra, Kēgalla Dist., 133. Pin-taliya, earthen vessel for offerings of rice, etc., 221. Pipicca mala, a flower fully opened, 94. Pira, file, 142. Pirit, a special Buddhist service, 39, 45, 75: v. also Wickremasinghe, Sin. mss. in Brit. Mus., p. 40. Piruvataya, any cloth supplied by the washerman and returned after use, 26, 238. Pita, outside: -kanuva, post of ivory turner’s lathe, 187: -kattalaya, out-door service, 25: -payiya,=hora payiya, q.v.: -suliya, scroll outside main design, 102. Piyavilla, carpet, cloth to walk on, 26, 238. Piyum-dahasaya, ‘16 lotus flowers,’ pattern of grass mats, etc., Fig. 143 (xiii). Piyum ratava, ‘lotus flower pattern,’ pattern of grass mats, etc., 248. Planetary worship, gods, v. bali ceremonies. Plaster, ‘wall of stone . . . shining with plaster work,’ 12, 146: of vihāra walls and roofs of cave temples preparatory to painting, 166: recipes for lime plaster, 118, 119: at Sigiriya, 178. Plaitwork, strapwork (lanu-geta), 107, 252; Pls. XI., 6, 7, XII., 2, XXVII., XXVIII., 1 (13), 3, XXIX., 4, XXXIII., 5. Ploughman, ‘fit to rule a kingdom,’ 28. Plumb-lines, 42, 152 seq.; Fig. 95. Pohottuva, tassel, 238, 248; Pl. XXXIV. Pohoya, quarters of the moon observed as sacred days by Buddhists, 41, 44, 45. Pohoya-gē, detached building at a vihāra, enclosed within land delimited by special boundary posts (sīmā) and used as a confessional and vestry room, for ordinations, etc., 119: at Malvatte, Kandy, 12, 13, 179; Figs. 108, 112. Pohoya Maḷuva Vihāra, Kandy, 136. Pointing machine, 152. Pokkharaṇi, lotus pond, tank, 175. Pol-kaṭuva, coconut shell, v. coconut. Pol-koraha, a large earthen vessel for washing clothes, etc., 221; Pl. XXV., 7. Polonnaruva, Sinhalese capital, 9th—13th centuries, 6, 8, 9, 144, 145, 149, 170, 178, 184. Polonnaruvavela, 172. Pol-mal-malaya, ‘coconut-flower-garland,’ a kind of necklace, 211; Pl. XLVIII., 1. Poloṅga, a poisonous snake, 230. Polvatte, 264. Polynesian influence, 106. Poru-paṭiya, narrow belt. Porava, axe, 142. Portuguese, arrival, ravages, destruction of Viṣṇu Dēvāle at Devundara, 10, 260: captured and destroyed tooth-relic, 6: expulsion, 11: influence, 11, 138, 179, 211, 255. Pōrnuva, earthen oven, 221; Pl. XXV., VI. Pōruva, potter’s wheel, 219: whorl, design, v. nāga pōruva: agricultural implement, 140. Poruvata, upper part of sleay, 234. Pota; a book: pot-geḍiya, bundle of prepared olas, 52: -kambiya, book cover, wooden, ivory or metal, 52, 94, 185, 216; Figs. 32, 64; Pls. XXXVII., 5, XXXVIII., 7: -lanuva, book string, 52, 238: -sakiya, book-button, 52, 186. Pota, =element, item, kind, thing, v. divi niya pota, havaḍi pota, liya pota: knot, 109. Potter, baḍahēlayā, q.v., duties of, 25, 219: tools, 219-220: song, 229: v. also earthenware. Pratya-śataka, 51. Prāveṇi, private property, for which service is not owing to an overlord, 23, 27, 58, 75. Prema Sagara, 81.