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Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c38.59

Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c38.59

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c38.59

PLATE XXVIII. WOVEN AND EMBROIDERED CLOTHS.
1. Patterns still used on *eṭirili* made at Taḷaguṇe.
1. *Hin deḷ-geṭa lanuva* (small net-knot plait). 2. *Avul here* (medley of rings). 3. *Vaḷaḷu lanuva* (linked plait). Also combined with 13. 4. *Haḷi-daṅgaya* (rice-meander). 5. *Aṭa-peṭi mala* (eight-petal flower). 6. *Para mala*. 7. *Deṭi mala* (tooth flower). 8. *Hin mal-peṭṭa* (little *mal-peṭṭa*). 9. *Bō-kola* (*bō*-leaf). 10. *Tuṇa pehena* mal-peṭṭa (triple blooming flower); the same with ten rows (counted diagonally)