Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.116

c35.116

Preta pada, outermost division of a site, ‘quarter of goblins,’ 159. Pretaya, goblin, ghost, 77. Priests, priesthood (saṅgha), 15, 43-47, 59. Prince Prisdang, v. Jinavaravaṃsa Unnānse, P. C. Prior, E. S., 57. Priṣṭa, name of a plumb-line, 160. Protection of craftsmen, 60, 193, 265. Proverbs, 128, 231, 268. Pubbiliya, 180. Public Works Departments of Sinhalese kings, 54: neglect of indigenous architecture by modern P.W.D., 132. Pajāvaliya, historical work of the fourteenth century, 262. Pakuruva, a mug, 222. Pulatthi=Polonnaruva, q.v. Pullorama, rasp, 142. Pulney Andy, on kammalar, 63. Pulun talanava, to clean cotton with a bow, 235. Pānava, pāna kaḷaya, earthen pot with twelve spouts, used in yak ceremonies, 223; Pl. XXVI., 6. Pā-nil, indigo, 215. Puṇṇaghaṭa (P.), filled vessel, auspicious emblem, 4. Puppet shows, 175. Pūpphārāma, =Malvatte Pansala, 12. Purāṇa, poetical works on Hindu theology, more or less popular, 1, 29. Pāsva, n. of a plumb-line, 160. Pūrvārāma (at Anurādhapura), 151. Pūrvavidēha, mythical continent E. of Mt. Meru, 94. Pus-kola, prepared talipot leaf, ola, 49, 216. Pusulpiṭiye Vihāra, 56. Paṭṭuva, design of two or more animals with necks entwined, 110, 230: v. also hamsa p., nāga p. Puṭuva, a chair.