Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.15

c35.15

Bā-pata, part of door-frame, 133. Barāhat (Bharhut), monument of Aśokan age in N. India, sculptures of, 101, 106, 110: kinnaras, 81, 82: lotus rosettes, cobra heads, 96: style like Kandyan paintings, 170, 178: connection with Sinhalese art, 177, 251, 252: Greek influence, 257, 258, 259, 261: details from, Figs. 18, 146, 148, 149. Baring Gould, Rev. S., ‘Swan Maidens,’ 82. Baskets, grass, 244: cane, 246: see also vel-peṭṭiya. Basnāyaka Nilame, principal lay officer of a dēvāle, 19, 45. Baṭa-kola-toppiya, large hat of bamboo leaves, 34. Baṭgamvala Muhandiram vasama, a Department of Public Works, (low caste), 54. Baṭṭicaloa, on the E. coast of Ceylon, Tamil weavers, 103: cotton yarn obtained from, 236. Baṭ-valaṅda, an earthen vessel for eating rice, 221. Bauddha śataka, a Buddhist scripture, 51. Beal, S., 7, 177. Bear, flag of Tamaṅkaḍuva, 38: as ornament, in craft song, 230. Bed, wooden, 136, 137; Pls. IX., 7, X.. 6. Bee, as ornament, in craft song, 230. Begging bowls, metal, 206: earthen, 222. Behet gala, a mortar for preparing medicines, 147; Pl. LII., 6. Beligala, Kēgalla Dist., Sab., 6, 74, 144, 145, 146. Bell, H. C. P., 35, 37, 39, 57, 58, 74, 84, 85, 87-89, 99, 100, 105, 117, 120, 129, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 165, 178, 195, 255, 264, 265, 266, 267. Bellows, smelters’, 191, 192; Fig. 98; Pl. LIII. Belma, glance, of a newly painted image, 74. Benares brass-work, 202. Bennett, J. W., 138, 263. Beravāgaṇṇeve, a village, 180. Beravāyā, drummer, caste so-called; musicians, astrologers and weavers, 22, 25, 46, 54, 127, 148, 187, 232. Beraya, drum, ‘tom-tom,’ 26.