Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.51
Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.51
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c35.51
Calamander (Diospyros quæsita, Thw.), 139, 216. Calyx volute, archaic design motif, 103; Figs. 35, 36; Pl. XXIX., 7. Camaraya, fly-whisk, 33; Pl. XXII. Camphor burner, 204; Pl. XLV., 7. Candalayo, caste, 22. Cane (ve-vela), ceremonial, etc, 20, 32, 209; Pls. XXIII., 4, 5: fencing sticks, Pl. XIII., 1, 2: baskets, etc., 55, 200, 246; Pl. XLIIIA, 8: teeth of reed, 234. Canons of proportion, of images, 150 seq.: v. also Silpa sastra, Rūpāvaliya, Sāriputra, Vaijayantaya. Caps, v. dress, ispayya, toppiya, etc. Carpenters, 54, 55, 125, 129 seq.: tools, 141, 142. Casie Chitty, 22. Caste, 21, 22, 54, 222: a spiritual aristocracy, 28: ignored by Government, 61: v. also sumptuary laws. Catur-nāri-palakkiya, ‘4-women-palanquin,’ 67, 91. Cauldrons, 203. Cave, representation in art, Pl. I.: -temples, 117, v. also Degaldoruva, Dambulla: paintings, 47: v. also Sigiriya. Cave, H. W., 131, 133, 134, 145, 167, 266. Ceilings, wooden, 130: painted, Fig. 52; Pls. XIV., 2, 3, 4, XV., XVI. Ceremonial purity, 30, 31, 120, 124, 267.
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- Viśvakarmaśilpa — Viśvakarman, Sanskrit