Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.7

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Art, distinguished from science, 170. Artificers (craftsmen other than potters and weavers), duties of, 25: general account, Ch. III.: see also craftsmen. Āruṇāchalam, The Hon. P., 9, 10. Ārya Cakravarti, Tamil invader, 6. Āryan origin of Sinhalese, 1, 2: civilisation and caste system, 21. Asaṇaya, throne, seat, pedestal, 146; Fig. 95. Asaṇa-kaḍaya, pediment of a pillar, usually with horizontal incisions, 129, 133; Fig. 74. Asceticism, 40, 47: dress, Pl. I. Asela, 225 B.C., 3. Asgiriya, 6, 17, 119, 133: dedication of Aluṭ Vihāra, 13, 14: cost of do., 56: paṅsala door, Fig. 80; Pl. IX., 9: chair in poho-yagē, 137, 140: crystal karaṇḍuva, 147: image, 149: key-plates, Fig. 107. Aṣṭaka, a verse of eight lines, 39, 74. Aṣṭa-nāri-ratha, ‘8-women-chariot,’ 67, 91. Aśoka, Emperor of N. India, B.C. 272-231, 2, 18, 177, 178. Assyrian influence and survivals in art, 96, 102, 251; Fig. 150, A, D, etc. Asterisms, lunar, v. nekata. Asthana, brother of Kīrti Śrī Rāja Simha, patron of work at Degaḷdoruva, 77. Asura, demon, foe of the gods, 94, 172: stature, 113, 161: Rāhu, 159: -rākṣasas, stature, 113. Aśvaya, horse, 90. Ata, hand. Aṭa, eight. Aṭabāgē, a village in the C.P., 90. Aṭamagala diagram, lit. 8 auspicious objects, 4, 70, 72, 90, 125. It is a magic diagram drawn on the ground on various occasions, generally indicated in a mnemonic verse: