Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.4

c35.4

Alfred the Great, 8. Algama gold *sannasa*, 206: ivory casket for, 186. *Al-gē*, weaving shed, loom, 234. *Al-gē-rājakāriya*, service tenants' work at the loom, 232. *Aliya*, female elephant, as a gift, 213. *Al-kanuvē lella*, horizontal bar supporting the warp, 235. *Alla*, palm of the hand, potter's mallet, 230. Alloys, see bronze, *pas-lō*, etc. Almirah (Po.), a cupboard : a hinge from one, 113. Alms bowl, earthen, 222: Buddha's, a relic, 175. *Alpa* (images), very small, 154. Alphabet, 49, 230. *Alpila*, low platform whereon loom is erected, 234. Altars, 137; Pl. VIIA, above, Alternate repetition, motif in design, 109. Alum, ingredient of a paste, 181: of a dye, 246: used in colouring iron, 200. Alutnuvara Dēvāle, nr. Balaṅgoḍa, vihāra attached to, 118, 120; Pl. VII., 7: steel furnace and manufacture nr., 192; Fig. 100. Alutnuvara Dēvāle, Kēgalla Dist., 146. *Alut-sal*, *a.* (*maṅgalyaya*), ‘New Rice,’ harvest home, first fruits, festival, 37, 40: earthenware for, 219, 220; *gahōniya* used, 233. Alut Vihāra, v. Asgiriya. *Aḷuva*, loom, heddles, 234: *-kampaha*, *karala* (sleay); *-veḷa* (heddles),—parts of loom, 234. *Alvala*, hole for weaver's feet, 234. *Alvala redda*, cloth fresh from the loom, 235. *d'Alviella*, Count Goblet, 85. *Amarakosha*, Sanskrit dictionary, 51. Amara Simha, v. *amarakosha*. Amarāvati sculptures, 257. *Ambalama*, pl. *ambalam*, resthouse for wayfarers and strangers, 37, 116, 117: built as works of charity, 13: *gam-sabhāva* held in or near, 30: at Maṅgalagama, Fig. 76; Pl. VII., 3: represented in jātaka painting at Degaldoruva, 168: at Kēgalla, Ruvanvela, and Ratnapura, 136.