Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.55

c35.55

Dagaba, dome-shaped monument, erected over relics, etc., passim. Daḷadā Māligāva, Temple of the Tooth Relic, Kandy, built in the eighteenth century by Narēndra Siṃha, restored by Kirti Śrī, and added to by Vikrama Siṃha, 7, 6, 11, 13, 17, 27, 36, 38, 39, 40, 48, 72, 74, 76, 90, 91, 100, 114, 115, 118, 119, 131, 141, 145, 147, 149, 168, 169, 198, 204, 206, 212, 214, 225, 239, 255, 267, 268: general view, Pl. VIII.: details and objects, from, illustrated, Fig. 90; Pls. IX., 6, XVI., XXVIII., 2-4, XXXIII., 4, 5, XLII., 1-3. Dalumura, high word for bulat (betel): the turn to supply betel to a landlord: dalumura taṭuva, royal or ceremonial betel dish, 205; Pl. XLII., 3. An ordinary betel dish is a bulat taṭuva. Damascening (riḍi-keṭayan-vēḍa), 54, 102, 103, 198, 200, 207; Figs. 50, 51, 102, 115, A; Pls. XLIIIA, 7, XLVI, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, XLVII., 2, 9, XLI., 1: damascener at work, Pl. IV., 3: ornamented tools, 142, 205. Damba (Eugenia jambos, L.), a fruit tree, 128: a mythical tree, 94. Dambaḍeṇiya (Jambuḍḍoṇi), formerly Sinhalese capital, 6, 174. Dambu, rags, balls of tow for cressets, 26, 238. Dambadiva, ‘land of the rose apple,’ continent S. of Mt. Meru, viz. India, 94. Dambevinne, a village in Ūva, 117. Dambulla, properly Dambulu, cave temples, abt. thirty miles N. of Mātale, 3, 8, 15, 27, 75, 117, 137, 193: interior, Pl. VIII.: ceiling painting, Pl. XIV., 2. Dambulla, a cave temple in the Kēgalla Dist., Sab., 149. Damunumeya Vihāra and sannasa, 77, 78. Danagirigala Vihāra, a cave temple in the Kēgalla Dist., Sab., 117, 141, 148, 164, 169, 170: Figs. 41, 104; Pls. VII., 4, X., 2-5, XIV., 8. See also Bell, Kēgalla Report, p. 43 (sannasa, A.D. 1787, details work executed, payment of craftsmen, etc.) Dancing, 26, 176, 220: representations of, Pls. XVIII., XXXVIII., 2, XXXIX, 9. Daṇḍasanaya, ? book table, 48, 137; Pl. XI. Daṇḍu, wood, timber: beam, 130: -agula, bolt, 134: -maḍuva (royal) timber shed, 25, 55. Daṇḍu-lena, squirrel, 90. Daṅgaraya, daṅgaya, meander, coil, motif in design, 88, 110. Dan-kada, pl. -kat, yoke load of provisions given by tenant to proprietor, 24, 193.