[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Mediaeval Sinhalese Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908) › c35.78 # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.78 Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.78 - **Language:** English ### [c35.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.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. - [Previous: c35.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c35.77) - [Next: c35.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c35.79) - [Up: c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c35) ## Cites (1) - [Mahāvaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.mahavamsa) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c35.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c35.78) · Pramāṇa