Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.58

c35.58

Devata Baṇḍarā, a local deity, image at Embekke, 149. Devatāva, a minor divinity, 4, 46, 72. Dēvēndra Mulācariyā, a craftsman and architect in the reign of the last king, 59, 131, 142. Devil ceremonies, 26, 239. Deviyo (honorific pl.), a more ceremonious term than deva, q.v. Devundara, on the S. coast of Ceylon, site of a dēvāle destroyed by the Portuguese, 10, 149, 260. Dhaja pataka, great banner, 24. Dhammacakka, ‘Wheel of the Law,’ name of a building erected by Dēvānam Piyatissa, 6. Dhammāgāra, ‘House of the Law,’ name of a building erected by Parākrama Bāhu I., 72. Dhammika Sutta, a Buddhist scripture, 47. Dharma (S.), dhamma (P.), sacred law, righteousness, doctrine, 43, 168. ‘Dhoby’ (H.), washerman (radavā), 21: duties, 26, 237 238. Dhoṭi (H.), Hindu dress, worn by ‘brahman’ at Nētra Maṅgalyaya, 72. Dhyāna, meditation, 93, 112. Dhyāna Ratnāvaliya, Silpa Śāstra in use in Tanjore, 69. Diapers, 107; Pls. XIV., 6, XXVIII., 1, 3: v. also chequer, tundan veḍa, kaḷas daṅgaya. Dibba-gē, ‘god’s house,’ altar, 72. Dice, 186, 268; Pl. XL., 3. Dickson, Sir J., 75, 262. Didron et Durand, Christian symbolism, 266. Dig-gahanavā, to lay warp, 236, 243. Dig-gē, porch of a dēvāle, forming antechamber to the maligāva or sanctuary. (Here daily hēvisi is performed, and also the dances of women (dig-gē neṭima, 26) at festivals. Worshippers have access only to the dig-gē, the kapurāla alone entering the maligāva.) 120. Dīghanikāya, a Buddhist scripture, 77. Dīpaṅkara Buddha, a former Buddha, 41. Dīpavali, Hindu festival of lights, Sin. karti maṅgalyaya, 37. Dīpavaṃsa, Sin. chronicles of fourth century A.D., basis of Mahāvaṃsa, 2: memory verses, 162, 171. Dippiṭiya Vihāra, Kēgalla Dist., Sab. 133. Disāva, governor of a disāvanaya, chieftain, 19, 20, 23, 55, 219: -ācāri, craftsmen working for disāva only, 55. Disāvanaya, district in charge of a disāva, 19, 20. Diva Nilame, Diyavaḍana Nilame, principal lay officer of the Daḷadā Māligāva, 6, 7, 19, 45. Divi-niya-pota, child’s amulet, cheetah’s claws mounted in gold or silver, 210; Pls. XLVIII., 9, 10, 14-17. Div-nari-ratha, ‘2-women-chariot,’ Fig. 28. Divul-laṭu, gum of the elephant-apple tree, used as medium for painting, 165. Divya loka, world of the gods, 94. Divyāvadāna, a Buddhist scripture, 259. Diya-kacciya, bathing dress, dress of watchmen or guards, 34, 233: worn, Pl. V., 10: -reḍḍa, pl. -reḍi, do. 26. Diya-reḷa, ‘wave,’ zig-zag, wave or chevron motif in design, 106; Figs. 54, 143 (VIII.); Pl. XXVIII., 1 (15). Diya-kepīma, ceremony of ‘cutting water’ after the annual perahera of a dēvāle, 222: after nētra maṅgalyaya, 39, 74: -kepum-toṭa, place where the ceremony is performed, 39. Doḍanṭale Vihāra, Kēgalla Dist., Sab., 118, 119, 164, 168, 169, 198, 211, 222; Figs. 60, 110, 130; Pl. XXV., 8. Doḍanvela Dēvāle, C.P., 180, 213. Dolosvela K. W. W. Tennekoon Mudianse, 27. Domba mala (Calophyllum Inophyllum, L.) Door, 115, 133, 185; Pls. VII., 8, VIIIA: ivory ornamented, 185; Pl. XXXVIII., 1: guardians, 184, 185: handles, 203; Fig. 124: Pls. XLIII., 7, XLIIIA, 6. See also J. P. Lewis, ‘Spolia Zeylanica,’ V., 127. Dora hiṭina leḷla, leaf of door, 133. Dora-kaḍa asna, charms recited on threshold, 74, 265: v. also Wickremasinghe, Sin. mss. in British Museum, p. 40. Doraṇa (Dipterocarpus glandulosus, Thw.), oil of, as a medium, 165: ingredient of varnish, 167, 181.