Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.79

c35.79

Iron (*yakaḍa*), and steel (*vānaya*), early use in India, 189: smelting in Ceylon, 191-193: arecanut slicers, 195: bolts, 115, 196, 198; Fig. 108; Pl. XLIIIA, 7: colouring of, 200: cubit-rule, 142: damascening, 195: handles, 198; Fig. 112: hasp, Fig. 110: hinges, 198; Figs. 110, 113 (Jaffna): key-plates, 196; Figs. 104-107: knives, 197: locks, 195; Fig. 103: palanquin fittings, 195, 206: rivets, Fig. 111: sickles, 194; Fig. 101: slag, 64: supplied to blacksmith, 76, 268: surgical instruments, 195: tools, 141, 142, 187, 194, 244: writing styles, 195. Irrigation, 9, 15. *Isa-kaḍaya*, bed head, Fig. 85; Pl. XI., 3. *Isānah*, Regent of the N.E. quarter, 72. *Ispayya*, pl. *ispay*, mitre-shaped cap, 34, 239; Pl. XXX., 3. Īśvara, conditioned aspect of Brahman, God, 170, 172, 248: from the Buddhist standpoint, a god. The names of gods are taken over from Hindu mythology without much consideration of their philosophic significance. *Ī-vaḍuvō* (pl.), ‘arrow-makers,’ lac-workers, 54, 55, 215. Ivory, 183-188; Pls. XXXV.—XLI.: other references;—book-covers, 52: boxes, 207: book-button (*pot sakiya*), 52: carving, 100, 133, 140: door guardians, 72: compasses, 142: handle of sickle, 194: knife-handles, 156; Pl. XLVII., 3, 8: inlay, 138; Pl. IX., 5: images, 30, 149: lac ornament, 105, 216: shuttle, spindle, 268: style, (*veli paṭa*), 49: throne, 4: toothpick, 210: -turner, 54; Pl. VI., 4: vihāra model, 268.