Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c38.60

c38.60

would be dahaya pēhena mal-petta. 11. Maha mal-petta (big mal-petta). 12. Katuru mala (scissors-flower or pattern). 13. Depota lanuva (two-ply plait). 14. Mal-petta (flower-petals). 15. Diya reḷa (wave pattern). 17. Kin-negi daṅgaya (stair-meander); the same smaller is called pannan kūra. Straight lines are iri kondu (hair lines). These pattern names taken down from Ṭikirāti of Talaɡuṇe. See p. 234.
2. Embroidered napkin (len suva). Daḷadā Māligāva. The two sides identical. Border of bo-pat kaṅgul design, spear and bo-leaf.
3. Embroidered napkin. Daḷadā Māligāva. The two sides identical. Design of four elaborate plaits framed by border of ‘intermittirende Wellenranke’ type, on a flowered ground. Needle ‘lace’ edging.
4. Embroidered shawl (ura malaya). Daḷadā Māligāva.