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Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.135

Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.135

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c35.135

Uḷuvahu Peṇtma, ‘The Spring from the Door,’ a book describing ceremonies on the completion of the erection of a house, 79, 120. Umbrella, symbol of dominion, 4, 33; Fig. 69, XII.; Pl. XIX. ‘Unicorn’ horn, 186. Upasaka-jana-alaṅkāraya, a Buddhist book, 77. Upāsaka Paṇḍitayalāgē, name of a potter, 219. Uppalavaṇṇa, ‘The Lotus-hued’ (Viṣṇu), image of, 173. Uposatārāmaya, the pansala at Riḍi Vihāra, 173. Ura-malaya, shawl, head-cloth, 234, 239; Pl. XXVIII., 4. Ūrāvala, a village in the C.P., 180. Ūra-keṭaya, a well-ring, 225. Ūra-liṅda, pl. ūrā-lin, well, lined with earthen or wooden rings, 225. Urulēvatte Vihāra, measurements of colossal clay image of Buddha, 149. Usabha, a measure of distance, 174, 175. Usamba (for usabha), a bull, 90.. Usamba-kuñjaraya, ‘bull-elephant,’ a design of these animals combined, 67, 90; Fig. 27. Uṣṇīṣa, protuberance on the skull, one of the thirty-two chief physical perfections of the Buddha, 155. Uttama, large, of an image, 154. Uttama-dasatalaya, a scale of 124 aṅgal, 154. Uttara, Regent of the North, 72. Uttara lella, part of a door-frame, 133. Uttara-pata, a wooden rod, part of a mat-weaver’s loom, 243. Uturukurudiviyina, the continent north of Mount Meru, 94. Ūva Patanas, a part of the Ūva Province, 117. Ūva, rebellion in, 14.