Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c9.16

c9.16

At Ullandupiṭiya, a painter obtained the following sannasa in A.D. 1593: “When the works of Jetavanārāma were fully completed on Thursday, the full moon day of the month Vesak, the year of Śaka 1515, the Great King Vimala Dharma Sūrya, after receiving the merits and becoming joyous on the occasion, thought of bestowing a land to be possessed from generation to generation; and granted unto the painter, Rājeśvara Hittara Ācariya of Ullandupiṭiya, . . . a garden and three hēna lands, situate at Ullandupiṭiya in Kulugammanasiya-pattuva, to be possessed without any dispute whatsoever.” (Lawrie’s Gazetteer, p. 872).