Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.78
Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.78
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c35.78
*Ikiri kaṭuva*, sea urchin spine, used by drawing students, 65. Images, 148-163, 258, 259: earliest mention in Mahāvamsa, 5: of gods and brahmas, 8: of the Bodhisattva, 7, 173: of Buddha, *v.* Ānanda, *v.* Ānanda: of consecration of, *v.* *nētra maṅgalyaya*: borrowed for consecration ceremony, 78: carried on elephants, 40: *v.* also *Sariputra*, *Rūpāvaliya*. *Imbul gaha*, *Eriodendron anfractuosum*, 94. *Imbul sivi*, pink colour, 164. Impermanent materials used for images, etc., use of and survival in Sinhalese art, 148, 252, 259. Inauguration of king, 206. Incense burners, *v.* *dummala kabala*. Indajoti Unnānse, of Malvatte Pansala, 179. India, craftsmen from, 58, 61, 63: essential unity of people, 18, 74: relations with Ceylon, 1-13, 18, 21, 62, 253: *v.* also Hindu, Tamil, etc. Indian art, former magnificence and unity, 63, 265: golden age, 162, 267: art-philosophy, 123: canons of proportion, 161: brocades, etc., 237: lac, 215: pottery imported, 218: yarn imported, 236. Indigo, 64, 164, 215, 236. *Indi-kola*, leaves of *Phœnix zeylanica*, used for plaited mats and dishes, etc., 244. Indo-Portuguese style, 138, 198, 210; Pl. XLIIIA, 3. Indra, or Śakra, chief of the gods, 72. *Indrakajalika*, juggler, caste, 22. *Indrakila*, rag figure used as a ‘scapegoat,’ 72-74. *Indriya* (Siamese), = *serapendiya*, 83; Fig. 14. Indus, *v.* Sindhu. Ink, 52. *Ira-haṇḍa-maha-koḍiya*, sun and moon flag, 38, 87. *Iraṭṭuva* (T.), = *eṭirilla*, *q.v.* Ireland, Irish art, 107, 108, 99. *Iri*, line, 103: -*koṇḍu*, lines on woven cloth, 234: -*gahana kaṭuva*, graver, scoring tool, 142, 187, 221. Iriyagama Dhammadassi, a Buddhist monk, 179.
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