Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.126
Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.126
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c35.126
IX., 1, XXIX., (2), XL., 1 (?): Royal designation and sign manual, 206, 207; Fig. 129. *Śrī-bō-malaya*, ‘Blessed Bō garland,’ a kind of gold necklace, which, however, does not resemble a garland of bō-leaves; the name probably signifies, garland such as is fit to deck a bō-tree, Pl. XLIX., 5. *Śrī Pāda*, the Holy Footstep, i.e. Adam’s Peak, *q.v.* *Śrī Paga Mana*, pilgrim song, 44. Stars, in Sinhalese decorative art, 4, 237; Fig. 143 (IV). Steel, *v.* iron and steel. Stills, earthen, 222. Stokes, Whitley, 99. Stone, 144-148: other references:—building not of Indian origin, 114, 129, 253: cutters, masons, *v. gal-vaḍuvā*: door frames, 133: elephant carved, 90: images, 148 *seq.*: medicine mortar, Pl. LII., 6: pillars, 118, 129, 167; Pls. VII., 3, 4, 5, 9, VIII. (above): sandal wood grinding stone, Pl. LII., 7: wall of *bō-maluva*, Kandy, 12. Stool (*koḷombuva, baṅkuva, q.v.*) 137; Fig. 86; Pl. XI., 4, X., 2. Street decoration, 39, 175. *Stapa*, dome-shaped Buddhist monument, *dagaba*. Subasinha, D. J., 75. Sudu, white: *-iyan*, white lead, 181: *-kaḷu*, ‘white black,’ i.e. grey: *-maha-koḍiya*, white flag, 38: *-paṭa*, white colour, 164: *-paṭa-koḍiya*, white silk flag, 38: *-toppiya*, Kandyan chief’s hat, 26. *Śukrācārya* (? fifth century A.D.), 153, 154, 161, 163, 265. *Śukranītisāra*, encyclopædic Sanskrit work by *Śukrācārya, q.v.* Suliya, scroll, 102: *suli-veḷa*, branch motif with *suliya* forms, 102, 217; Pl. XXIV., 5. Sumptuary laws, seats, 32, 60, 244: dress, 33, 34, 60: gems, gold, 209: tiles, 225: two-storied houses, finials, tiles, plaster, whitewash, 34. Sun and moon (*ira-haṅda*) emblems, 4, 5, 33, 75, 81, 230, 237, 249: flag of Four Kōrales, 38: sun or moon represented,