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Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.90

Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.90

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c35.90

Koftgari (H.), a form of damascening, 200. Kola, leaf: -veḷa, ‘branch’ or ‘vine’ motif or pattern, 217: kola diviya, cheetah, 250. Kolaka, measure=two aṅgal, 113, 152. Kolomba Nayide, n. of a craftsman, 58. Kolomba raṭāva, pattern of grass mats, Fig. 143. Kolombuva, stool, shaped log, 32, 137, 140, 244; Pls. X., 2, XI., 4. Kolon, mythical tree, 94. Koḷonnāva, a part of Sabaragamuva. Komio, Empress of Japan, 148. Kōn, Schleicheria trijuga, 215: -lakaḍa, lac insect, Tachardia albizziæ, Green, do. Koṇtā-liya, v. uttara pata. Koṇtēruva, support for palanquin, 195. Koraha, pl. koras, earthen vessel with wide mouth, 221, 222, 231; Pl. XXV., 7-9. Korakaha, Memecylon umbellatum, dye-stuff, 243-245. Kōralaya, district, or officer in charge of a district subordinate to a disāvanaya, 20. Kovi, crucible for steel, Pl. LIII., 6. Kos-kiri, juice of jak, Artocarpus integrifolius, 164. Kosala-bimba-varṇanāva, ‘History of Kosala’s image (of Buddha),’ an uncanonical Buddhist scripture recited at nētra maṅgalyaya, 71, 259. Kosvatte Hitaranayide, n. of a craftsman, 168. Koṭa-haḷuva, cloth worn by a girl at attainment of puberty, perquisite of the family washerman, 26. Koṭagēpiṭiya, a village in the C.P., 180, 219. Kotalaya, water vessel with spout, but no lid (distinction from keṇḍiya), 139, 203, 221, 222, 223; Pl. XXV., 8. Koṭiya maha koḍiya, leopard flag, 38. Koṭṭa kūra, warp rod of mat-weaver’s loom, 243: uraya, pillow case, 233, 234. Koṭṭal-badde, Artificer’s Department, 54, 55, 76, 144, 193, 215: officers of, viz. Nilame, Vidāne, Haṅgidiya, etc., 19, 55. Koṭṭe (koṭṭaya, a fort), former capital, nr. Colombo, 9, 10, 57. Kovā makul, hydro-magnesite, v. makul. Kōvila, temple of a Hindu or local deity, 127, 144, 213.