Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.59

c35.59

Doraṭu-pala, divine guardian of a doorway, 150: -rūpaya, image of do., 72, 150, 184; Pls. XXXV., 5, 6, XL., 5. Doruva, dora, a door. Dot, binduva, q.v. Dowson, J., 81. D’Oyley, Sir John, 219. Drawing, teaching of, 64-69. Drawn thread, v. embroidery. Dress, 32-35, 232: caps and hats, 34, 237, 239; Pls. XXII., XXIII., 1, XXXVI., 1-5: chief’s, 33: gifts of king’s, 60, 213: gods’, Pl. XXI., etc.: guard’s, Pl. V., 10: hermit’s, Pl. I.: king’s, 33, 209; Pls. XXII., XXXVI., 1: craftsmen’s, 60, 72: v. also sumptuary laws. Drums, v. davula, bummeḍiya, temmeṭṭama, beraya, udakkiya. Dulḷeve Adigār, 194, 219. Dulmure, a village in the C.P., 180. Dumbara, part of the C.P.: mat-weavers (kinnarayo) and mats, 243; Fig. 40; Pls. IV., XXXIV. Dummala, rosin, from the hal tree, or dug in recent deposits of vegetable matter, used as incense, to produce a flash of brilliant flame in devil-dancing ceremonies, and as ingredient of a varnish, 38, 167, 222: oil, 52, 222 (v. also ‘Ceylon Nat. Review,’ I., 238 [1906]): -kabala, incense burner, 222; Pl. XXVI, 4, 5. Dunukāra vasama, military tenants, lit. bowmen, 25. Dāpōruva (Clough, under ashṭāpada), perhaps the proper Sinhalese name for a pacisi cloth or board, q.v. Durāvō, toddy drawers (caste), 22. Durayā, man or headman of paduvō caste, 187. Duruṭṭa, January, 37. Dutch, held low-country of Ceylon, 1658-1795 A.D., 1, 11: ambassador in Kandyan service, 213: influence on arts, 85, 87, 91, 115, 128, 136, 140, 164, 179, 198, 202, 210, 256: paper, 65, 166, 179: trade, 29: wars with, 13, 29, 115, 188, 206, 213. Duṭṭha Gāmaṇi, 167-137 B.C., first great builder king in Ceylon, 3-5, 7, 57, 149: statues of, 170, 173.