Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.94

c35.94

Lēnsuva (Port.), kerchief, 234. Lethaby, W. R., 4, 56. Letters, (epistles), royal and common, 52, 264: alphabet, 49, 230. Levke Vihāra, 133. Lewis, Hon. J. P., G.A. of C.P., 132, 134, 145, 266. Liesching, —, 20, 263. Lig-gal, three stones of hearth, 32, 222. Lihiṇiya, a bird, 230. Likeliya, a kind of morris-dancing, 221. Līlāvatī, daughter of Bhāskarācārya, 205. Lime, ingredient of chew: -boxes, v. kiḷoṭaya. Linipiṭiya, a village in the C.P., 180. Lion, siṃhaya, siṃha, Sin. art, 86-88, 171, 173, 230: Dutch lion, lion in Rapavaliya, kinds of lions, etc., 86, 87: representations, Fig. 22; Pls. XIV., 7, XXIX., 7, XLV., 3; lion-face, ‘kibihi,’ q.v.; v. also nara siṃha, gaja siṃha, yali (T.) Lipa, earthen hearth, 222. Lī-palana-kaṭuva, wedge, 142. Liya, woman, vine, creeper, branch: -kiṅdurā, v. kiṅdurā: -paṭa, -pōta, ornament so-called, 65, 96, 100, 101, 102, 106, 129, 184, 185, 205; Figs. 44, 45; Pls. XI., 2, XXXVIII., 8, XLI., 3: -toraṇa, 106: -veḷa, vine, creeper, ‘branch,’ q.v. Liyana-kaṇḍa, essential part of lathe, 141, 187: -vaḍuvā, turner, 54, 55, 186. Locks, 195, 202; Figs. 103, 109, 122 (iv.): v. also yatura. Lōhapāsāda, Brazen Palace, 5. Lōkaḍa, bell metal or bronze, q.v. Lōkaruvā, founder, brazier, 25, 200, 203; Pl. V., 6, 7. Loku, large: -appalla, earthen dish, 220: -niyana, chisel, -pullorama, rasp, veya, adze, 142. Loom, cotton weavers’ (aḷuva), 234; Pls. VI., 1, 2, XXIX., 1, 2: mat-weavers’, 243, 246; Pl. IV. Lotus (nelum-mala, piyuma), motif in design, 95-97; Figs. 34-37, 138, 139, 147; Pls. XIV., 8, XVIII.: pictorial representation, Pl. I.: as a survival, 250, 251: v. also palā-peṭi.