Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.57

c35.57

*De-pota-lanuva*, ‘two-ply-plait,’ motif in design, (*a*) chequer work, 107; Fig. 63, VI.: (*b*) plaitwork of two strands, 234, 244; Pls. XXVIII., 1 (13A), XXXIV.: theory, 211. De Silva, W. A., 178. *Deṭi mala*, ‘tooth flower,’ ‘tooth pattern,’ pattern of woven cloths, 234; Pl. XXVII., 1 (7). *Dēva*, fem. *dēvi*, minor divinity, god, 3, 113, 121-5, 161: purity, 124, 267: representations in art, Figs. 2, 151, 152; Pls. VIIIA, XVIII., XXII. *Dēva*, horizontal beam of roof: *-suliya*, carved end of such a beam (Lewis). *Dēva Brāhman*, *Dēva kammalar*, reputed ancestral name of craftsmen, 63. *Dēva paḍaya*, ‘quarter of the gods,’ third division of a site, 159: *-satra*, string delimiting do. *Dēvarāja Vihāra*, Dambulla, 75. *Dēva-vardhika*, name of Viśvakarma, 78. *Dēvala-perahera*, the second five days of the *p.* in Kandy, 38. *Dēvalaya*, *dēvāle* (*dēva+ālaya*), temple of a Hindu god or local deity, *passim*: organisation and structure, 45, 120: chief deities worshipped, 46: purity of sanctum, 124: in Māyāmataya, 125, 127. *Dēvāle-gama*, village belonging to a *dēvāle*, 27. Dēvanagala Vihāra, Kēgalla Dist., Sab., 133, 264; Pl. VII., 8. Dēvānaṃ Piyatissa, ‘Beloved of the Gods,’ 307-267 B.C., contemporary of Aśoka, established Buddhism as State religion in Ceylon, 2, 6, 177. Dēvaragampola Silvatẹnna, an ‘unordained priest’ and painter, worked at Degaldoruva and Riḍī Vihāra for Kīrti Śrī, 47, 59, 84, 168. Dēvaramulla, a village in the C.P., 35. Dēvasurēndra Muhandirama, a craftsman of Embekke, painter, ivory carver, etc., source of much valuable information, 70, 79, 152, 181: drawings by, Figs. 10, 16, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 33 (I., VII., VIII., X.), 34 (II.), 44, 91, 92, 93, 95; Pl. XXI.