Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.119.1

c35.119.1

Rabāna, large hand drum. Radala, chief, 21. Radavā, pl. radav, dhoby, washerman, caste, 21: general duties, 26: embroiderers, 238: rada-badda, Department of Washermen, 54: -paṅguva, holding of a washer tenant, 205: -vasama, the washer tenants, 26. Railings, 141; Pl. VIII. Raja (royal), caste, 21: rāja, king: rāja-kariya, personal service due from tenants to king, or other proprietor, 60, unwise exaction by last king, 13, 23, 263, and by the British, 263: rāja-mandiraya, royal palace, 125. Rajadhi Rāja Simha, A.D. 1780—1798, 13, 59: began the ‘Audience Hall,’ 131: offerings to Mahā Dēvāle, 188, 206: granted Degaldoruva sannasa, 77. Rāja-ratnākara, sixteenth century historical work, 9. Rāja Simha I., A.D. 1581—1592, 58, 145: A.D. 1633—1687, 11, 33, 58, 115, 207, 213, 263. Rajata Vihāra, v. Riḍi Vihāra. Rājavaliya, ‘The line of kings,’ historical work, 10, 236. Rājēśvara Hittara Ācariyā, name of a craftsman, 59. Rāma, avatār of Viṣṇu, and king of Ayod-haya; rescued his wife Sītā from Rāvaṇa, Lord of Laṅkā, commonly identified with Ceylon, as related in the Rāmāyaṇa, q.v., 1. Rāmāyaṇa, Hindu epic, 1, 162, 177, 258: paintings in a sixteenth century temple, 172. Rambukvella, a village in the C.P., 180. Rām Rāz, 162, 163. Ranavarā (Cassia auriculata), 177, 192.