Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.68

c35.68

Girdles, see jewellery. Girihāgama Valavva, Kandy, 115, 198; Fig. 110. Giriyagamuva, a village, 75. Glue, 182. Goa, 6. Goḍakumbura, a hamlet, 35. Goḍapara (Dillenia retusa, Thunb.), fruits an ingredient of fine plaster, 119. Goḍapola Galladdā, a craftsman, a descendant of Dēvēndra Mulācariya, 142. Goḍavari, one of the Seven Sacred Rivers of India, 74. Gods, Hindu, worshipped by Buddhists in Ceylon, 45, 46: representations of, Fig. 1; Pl. XVIII. See also Bhūmi Dēvi, deva, devatava, Gaṇeśa, Hatara Varan Deviyō, Kataragama Deviyō, Kṛṣṇa, Nātha Deviyō, Saman Deviyō, Viṣṇu, etc. Goglet (gurulettuva), 222. Gokaṭu, gamboge (Garcinia morella, Desr.), yellow pigment, 164, 167: ingredient of a varnish or paste, 181. Gold, ‘armour,’ 209: betel dish, Pl. XLII., 3: betel-leaf box, Pl. XLIX., 10: bowl, 4, 206: chains, 209, 211: chunam-box, Pl. XLVI., 13: the colour of fair skin, 166: crown, 213: damascening, 207: fan 205; Pl. XLII., 2: images, at Ruvanvęli Dāgaba, second century B.C., 5, 259, at Morapaya Vihāra, 71, at Niyangampaha Vihāra, 148, in Rāmāyaṇa, and in Kusa Jātakaya, 259: insignia, royal, 33, of a dēvāle, 39: ‘koku’ sword, 58: ladle or dipper, 4: -lace fringe of shawl, Pl. XXVIII., 4: leaves of jewelled bō-tree, 5: -mounted chank, 188, Pl. XLIII., 4, cup, Pl. XLII., 5: passing (embroidery) 237; Pl. XLI., 2: pendants, 211: as a pigment, 164; Pl. XX., 1, 2: pillars, 4: pinnacle (finial), 173: plate, 205: -plated images, gilt images, 148, 173, 260: -plated throne now at Windsor, 206: plates inscribed with Buddhist scriptures, 58: pokkharanis (miniature tanks), 175: rings, 209, 210; Pl. LI., 1, 2, 3, 5-14: use of, a royal prerogative, 209: case for royal letters, 264: sun emblem, 4: thread, 239: throne, 5: vases, 5: vessels, etc., mentioned in 284