Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.69

c35.69

Mahāvaṃsa, 213, 214: writing style, 207: v. also ran, ratram. Goldsmiths, in the train of Saṅghamittā, third century B.C., 2: duties of, 25, 76. Gones, carved rafter, 129; Pl. VIII. Gooneratne, D. de S., 239. Gooneratne, Mudaliyār E. R., 111, 150, 151, not 209. Goose, v. hamsaya. Gopāla Moors, 195. Gopuram, porch of a Hindu temple, 146. Gorgon’s Head, see Folk-lore. Gothic Art, 66, 104. Goviya, pl. goviyō, cultivator, husbandman, rank, 21, 22: dress, 34. Govi-vamsaya, cultivator caste, fair complexion of, 166: jewellery worn by, 209: mats woven by women, 244. Granary (aṭuva, bissa), 115, 116; Pl. VII., 9: seal, 116, 140; Pl. XIII., 5. Graphite, used in decoration of pottery, 225. Grass, mats and baskets, 244: do., patterns, 106, 245, Figs. 143, 144: patterns derived from, 107. Greece, influence on Indian art, 256-260: v. also honeysuckle, fret. Green, E. E., on lac-work, 215. Gregory, Lady, quoted, 99. ‘Ground for the Floor,’ Cambridgeshire traditional song, 31. Grünwedel, A., ‘Buddhist Art in India,’ on kindurō, 81: on artistic canons, 150, 154: on the origin of the ideal type of Buddha, 254, 256, 258: on early Buddhist sculpture, 259: on mythical animals in Indian art, 260. Guilds, in India, 63: in Europe, 71, v. also caste, paṭṭal hatara, koṭṭal-badde, etc. Gum arabic, a medium in tempera painting, 165. Gupta dynasty, in North Western India, fourth century A.D., a period of artistic activity, 177, 162. Guru akuru, letters set as a copy by the teacher, 49. Gurubēbile, a village in the C.P., 13, 188, 206. Gurugala, red iron ore, limonite, used in painting bali images, 177: in slip-painting of pottery, 225, 226, 231.