Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.48
Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.48
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c35.48
British accession, 2, 7, 14, 30. British Museum, 53. Broceliande, Himālayas the Indian, 81. Brodie, A. O., 263. Bronze, camphor burner, 204; Pl. XLV., 7: cresset, Fig. 127; Pl. XLV., 2, 3, 5: elephant bells, 204; Pls. XLIV., 5, XLV., 8: images, 148: tools, vessels, 203, 204: other references, 204, 225, 254. Brownrigg, General, 15. Brugaid, Irish rest-house, 117. Brush, painters’, 165, 166: -drawing, 66, 67, 103; -work, 94; Fig. 32. Buddhalaya, a Buddhist temple, 127. Buddha (Gotama Buddha), d. 543 B.C., more probably 487 B.C., life, teachings, etc., 5, 42, 58, 98, 101, 163, 169, 250, 258: stature, 113, 153, 161: not a god, 71: tooth-relic, 6: footprint, 173: Maitri B., 42: v. also Buddhism. Images of B., 5, 12, 30, 56, 70-75, 147, 148-160, 169, 173, 258, 259, 260; Pl. VIIA; diagram, Fig. 95: paintings of, 5, 47, 72, 73, 77, 168, 171; 172, 173, 180, 259; Pls. XIV., 2, XVII., XIX. Buddhadāsa, A.D. 339, organised charity and medical relief, etc., 7. Buddha-gajja, a Buddhist scripture, 50. Buddhaghosa, 7. Buddhism, and art, 46-48: charity, dedications, 7, 36, 48, 70, 77, 78, 116, 264: doctrines and observances, 14, 40, 41, 43, 71, 73, 74, 181, 207, 262: duties of priests, 45: ethics, 40, 43, 183: introduction into, and history in, Ceylon, 2, 7, 62, 117: results of disestablishment, 16: State patronage, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14. Budu-res, aura of the Buddha, represented as six-coloured rays, 43; Pls. XIV., 2, XVIII., XIX. Bulat-heliya, earthen jar for betel leaves, 222. Bulat-malla, pl. -malu, pouch for betel leaves, 244. Bulat-payiya, betel-bag, 237-239; Pls. XXX.—XXIII. Bulat-tatuva, dish or tray for betel leaves, 203: altar for offerings of do., 70. Bulat-vangediya, mortar for betel leaves and spices, 195.