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Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.131

Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.131

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c35.131

*Tevava*, musical service of a temple, 25. Theosophical Society’s Library, Adyār, 69. *Thera*, a Buddhist monk, *passim*. Thomè de Sousa, 10. Throne, *asanaya*, 4, 5, 7, 206. Thurston, E., 265. Tibbotumulla Vihāra, 148. Tibetan Buddhism, 74. Tiger, 113, 230. *Tilaka*, brow-spot, 79. Tiles, 225; Fig. 135; Pl. XXVI., 1, 2, 3. *Timbiri*, *Diospyros embryopteris*, 235. *Tiraya*, curtain, 238. *Tirigu talai* (T.), *tirikit talai*, *v.* *tiringi tale*. *Tiringi tale* (*talaya, talai*), design used in teaching drawing, and use of *liya pata* motif, 65 *seq.*, 100, 104; Figs. 4, 8; Pl. XVII., 1. *Tiruvanagala*, crystal, milky quartz, 64. *Tisara*, crane, ‘swan,’ 230. Tissamahārāma, capital in third century B.C., 3, 190, 225. Tobacco box, *heppuva*, *q.v.* Tooth relic, history, 6, 7, 8, 11: other references, 38, 39, 174, 212. *Toppiya*, Kandyan hat, 33, 237, 238. *Torana*, triumphal arch, 106, 253: *toran petta*, ‘arch flower,’ pattern of Dumbara mat, 244; Pl. XXIV. *Torapanaya*, stock drill. Tortoises, 230. Toṭagamuva, Śrī Rāhula Sthavira, 10, 169. Tourists, devoid of taste and intelligence, 203. *Tovil tatuva*, altar for offering to devils, 249. Trade, not characteristic of Sinhalese, 28: with Dutch, 29: between Galle and Kandy, 264. Tradition, in art, 62: in Buddhist art, 48: foreign and indigenous, 62: in education of craftsmen, 66-68: the language of art, 171: in metal work, jewellery, etc., 208, 211. Travellers, provision for, 116, 117, 221. Tree (*gaha*), tree of life, etc., as decorative motif, etc., 32, 34, 97, 244; Figs. 40, 142; Pls. I., XIV., 4, 8, XVIII., XXIII., 4, XXVIII., 4: *v.* also *mal-gaha*: representations at Barāhat, 253, 261.

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