Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.67

c35.67

Gav, = 1/4 yodun = about 4 miles, 144. Gavara, a kind of buffalo, 172. Geḍi-malaya, ‘garland of fruits,’ a kind of necklace, 211; Pl. XLVIII., 4. ‘Gegenstände Lotus-blüth und Palmette’ (G.), design motif, 96. Geiger, Wilhelm, on the Dīpavaṃsa and Mahāvaṃsa, 2, 162. Gems, on jewelled bō-tree at Ruvanvęli Dāgaba, 5: cut ‘en cabochon,’ 147, 209: use of, 210. Genre carving, 146; Pl. XXXIX., 5. Gentlemen-in-waiting, 33, 209. Geographical sense, 74. Geometry, practical knowledge of, 95. Gęṭaya, a knop or knot, 109: see also gęṭa-lanuva, lanu-gęṭaya, gęṭa-liya-pota. Gęṭabēriya, a village in the Kēgalla Dist., Sab., home of the Gopāla Moors, noted for medicinal skill, 195: sannasa, 207. Gęṭa-liya-pota, distinguished from nāga bandha, 88, n.: a scroll or knop of liya-pata work, 100, 109, 129: as ‘stop’ to a chamfer, 133: illustrated, Fig. 44. Gęṭa-pana, pattern of a woven mat, 249. Gettembe, near Kandy, the diya-kēpum-toṭa (q.v.) of the Kandy dēvāles, 39. Gē-valla, wooden fibre-scraper used by mat-weavers, 243. Ghi, ghee (H.), clarified butter, offering of, 126. Gihiya, a foreman, 168. Gijulettu-kaṭuva, gimlet, 142. Gikiyana paṅguva, holding of tenants owing musical service to a dēvāle, 26, 220. Gingelly oil, ingredient of fine plaster, 119: of a dye, 243. Gini-kabala, ‘fire-dish,’ an earthen vessel or dish used as a portable hearth, 208, 216, 222; Pl. XXV., 11. Girāgama Diva Nilame, 213. Girā-pūṭṭuva, design of two parrots with necks entwined, 89; Pl. XXXV., 2. Girā Sandēśaya, ‘The Parrot Messenger,’ an anonymous poem of the fifteenth century, 172. Girava, pl. girav, a parrot, q.v. Giraya, pl. girā, areca-nut slicer, 195, 203; Pl. XLVI., 1-9.