Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.139

c35.139

Vegiriya, 39. Vēkoladeniya, village in Three Kōrales, 130. Vela, jungle rope, creeper, line, branch or vine motif in design, 98: -kāḍḍuva, heddles, 243. Velenda, merchant, 21. Veli-kaha, =kora-kaha, q.v. Veli-pata, ivory style for writing and erasing on sand, 49, 186; Pls. XXXVIII., 6, XL., 2. Veli-pila, narrow wooden bench or tray with sand for teaching writing, 49, 186. Velivita Saraṇankara, a Buddhist Priest, nephew of the Saṅgharāja, 180, 181. Velivita Piṇḍapātika Saraṇankara, Saṅgharāja, 12, 263. Veḷḷala, man of high caste, cultivator, 21, 22, 26, 59. Vellasa, 232. Vellavāya, 117. Velvet, 237. Vel-vidane, præpositus, 30. Vema, weaver's lath, 243: vema-kaṇuva, post of a lathe, 187. Vendum giriya, 'praying' arecanut slicer, Pl. XLVI., 5. Veni-veḷ (Coscinium fenestratum), 243. Verandahs, 114, 118, 131; Pls. VIII., IX., 8. Vermilion (sadiliṅgam), 3, 4, 111. Vesak, Sinhalese New Year, May, 37. Veṭakeyiya (Pandanus), 97, 165; Fig. 33; Pl. XVIII. Vetekgama, 164. Ve-veḷa, cane, rattan, 20: -peṭṭiya, basket, 200; Pl. XLIIIA, 8. Vidāne, village officer, 20, 27, 188, 218: -gama, village under orders of a Vidāne, 27. Vidina kaṭuva, awl, 142. Viharaya, Buddhist temple, 117 and passim. Vihārē-gama, village belonging to a Buddhist temple, 27. Vijaya, founder of Sinhalese race, 1, 2, 21, 63, 177: Vijaya Bāhu I., 8: Vijaya Bāhu III., 6, 9, 174, 232: Vijaya Rāja Siṃha, v. Vikrama R. S. Vijēndragē Puñci Nayide, n. of a craftsman, 76. Vikramāditya, =Chandragupta II., Indian Emperor, 162. Vikrama Rāja Siṃha, 13, 33, 180; Pl. XXII.: jewellery for, Pl. XX., 3. Vil-koraha, earthen vessel for soaking seeds, 221. Village community, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31. Vimala Dharma Sūrya I., 33, 59; Pl. XXII.: V. D. S. II., 6, 58, 264. Vira Parākrama Bahu VIII., 58. Virasuba kuñcaram (T.), v. usamba kuñjaraya. Viṣṇu, Hindu God, in Buddhism, tutelary deity of Laṅkā, 38, 88, 146, 150, 164, 171, 210: five weapons, Pl. XLVIII., 15, 17: Dēvāle, Kandy=Mahā Dēvale, 186, 237; Pls. XL., 7, XLI., 2, XLII., 4, 5: Devundara, 10, 11, 260: Hangu-raṅketa, 195, 206; Fig. 128: -garbbhaya, 72: -kaḷaya, 72. Viśuddhi Mārggaya, 'The Way of Purity,' 47, 180, 181; Pls. XVIII., XIX. Viśvajna, a son of Viśvakarma, 63. Viśvakarma, God of Arts and Crafts, 63, 78, 79; Pl. XXI. Viśvakarma Kulābhimāna Sabhā, Madras, 63, 69. Vitti-vaṭṭoruva, statement of claim, 57. Viyana, viyan-redda, awning, 26, 120, 238. Viyata, span measure, 142, 153. Vredenburg, A. S., 190. Vrittimalakhyava, Vrittimalava, Vyasakāra, Sanskrit works studied in pansala schools, 51.