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INDEX

Abhaya, princess, 453
Abhayagiri dagaba. Coins found at,
463; construction, 298; wihāra
contained 5,000 monks, 301; di-
mensions 306; Fa Hien's account,
301; history, 304; identification,
299; inscription on relic case, 302;
pillars at wāhalkaḍas, 307; posi-
tion according to Dipavansa, 304;
wāhalkaḍas possibly post-Chris-
tian, 304

Abhaya, K., 245, 440; age, 456, 457;
K. of Giri, 330, 332; Pulinda, 99
Abhaya-waewa, 273, 353; age, 360;
size, 361, 388

Abhi Anuradhi, wife of K. Uttiya,

420, 422

Abhi Anuridhiyā, princess, 444
Abimana Yakā, 145

Aborigines termed Yakkhas, 23
Acrostics, 623

Adam's Peak, 14, 24; seat of Sumana,
668; visible from Kirindi, 241
Adze, 555

Advent of Vaeddas, 22

Aembalāna warigē, Vaedda clan, 113
Aembarun keliya, 571

Aet dagaba, 322; date, 323; in in-
scriptions, 322; repairs, 323
Affinity of Vaeddas and Kandian Sin-
halese, 29, 30, 109
Aggabodhi, K., 265, 314

Agni, Fire-god, 3, 14; foe of demons,
3. 635

Alagala, Vaeddas at, 205

Alaka, residence of Kuvēra, 164
Aļapusayā, f. chief, 422, 435

Allekaṭṭu dam, 410; cup-marks at,

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Umā, 667

Ammā Dēvi
Ancestral deities, 137, 146, 152-155
Angati, K., 152

Animals carved at religious edifices,
295, 312, 342; function, 291
An keliya, 631, 636

Annals, Sinhalese, general accuracy,
9, 10, 104, 284

Antiquity of irrigation works, 347
Anuļā, Q., 422, 423
Anumaetirāla. Assistants, smith and
washerman, 189, 197; dancing
priest of Galē Deviyā, 197, 200;
priest of a god, 173

Anuradha, made first recorded tank,
351
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Arrows, 551; crescent-headed, 541;

poisoned, 525; Sinhalese, 525, 539,
540; Vaedda, 61

Articles placed in early dãgabas, 285,

328, 332, 334, 459, 494

Aryan early belief in demons, 3
Asāli prince Sāli, 444

Āsatissa, early village at Tissa, 241
Ascetics' Forest, 302

Ashṭa Kāliyō, 8 forms of Kāli, 151;8
forms of Bhairava, 142

Asi keliya, 614

Aśōka, dāgaba built, 278

Aśōka, Indian K., date, 455; embas-

sies to, 497; presented State sword,
523; Sanchi dāgaba, 213
Asvaghōsha on magic, 653
Ātāla Deviyō, 138
Aṭasil, 133

Auspicious things are protective, 649
Axe, 523, 526, 542; earliest, 67; no
stone axes, 66

Aya, title of royal princes, 453
Ayiyanar, 149, 160; birth, 148, 155,

158; came from Madura, 149;
carving at Anurādhapura, 148, 650;
checks epidemics, 174; forest god,
142, 150, 158, 160, 169, 174; Guar-
dian of N. Ceylon, 668; guards
villages, 149; his five Ministers,
667; in India, 148, 149; in-
signia, 161, 543; Nayar deity,
149; son of Mohini, 136; son
of Galē Deviyā, 206; tank and
village god, 172, 174; possibly a
form of Skanda, 206; vāhanas,
148; Wanni Deviyā, 150, 206

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Badalat-tala Batalagoda, 253
Bādāmi, statue of Ayiyanār, 148
Baedi-maeli, Vaedda goddess, 138
Baendiwala, weapon, 546
Balagiri, disease demoness, 166, Kiri
Ammā

Balfour, J. A., 274

Bahirawa Bhairava, god, 142;
Ashta Kāli Bahirawayō, his 8
forms, 142; guards temples and
treasures, 142, 515; his snake, 516
Bahirawa Yakā, 142

Baker, C. F. S., ruins found, 366
Bambara bee, 71, 73
Bandāras, historical instances, 152;

Kandian, 137, 143, 144, 170; notifi-
cation of status, 152; spirits of

ancestors or chiefs, 153; Wanniya
deities, 143, 168, 172

Baṇḍāra warige, Vaedda clan, 96,
106, 113

Bārē, token of vow, 165; of Ayiyanar,

173; of Kiri Ammas, 165
Bark bag, 54, clothing, 39
Basket, mat, water-tight, 567
Basmasura, servant of Śiva, 156
Batalagoda-waewa. Age, 397; bricks,
397; inadequate flood-escape, 400;
Kalyānavati, Q. restored it, 254,
399; size, 400

Battle-axe, 523, 549

Beads, early, in Nikawãe-kanda
dāgaba, 334

Bēbi-kapanawā game, 621

Beehive, royal, 169, 170; ceremony
for taking, 170

Bees wild, 4 species, 71; wax and
young eaten, 73

Bell dagaba, 266, 314, 320; early
shape, 342

Bell, H. C. P., 415; An-keliya, 634,
639; cross-shaped relic-chamber,
278, 650; Dakuņu dāgaba, 314;
early coins, 463, 472, 543; engrav-
ing of dagger and shield, 531, 545:
hammer, 558; hoes, 555; inscrip-
tions, 444, 451; Kiribat dāgaba,
315; latest grant of cave, 454;
Nerenchi diagrams, 578; armed
men, 534, 539; Sangamitta dågaba,
278; sickle, 554; Sinhalese among
Vaeddas, 97
Bellows, 559

Benares, birth-place of Nayinār, 161
Bent, T., on Mancala game, 591
Bertolacci, on Dighavāpi, 318
Bhāgavata Purāna, birth of Ayi-
yanar, 147

Bhairava, god, 142; guardian, 142,
515; on coin, 515

Bhalluka, K., 300; arms, 524
Bharhut dagaba, carvings, 14, 15:
Yakkhas at, 28

Bhātikābhaya, K., 280, 289, 453
Bident, 539, 546; on coins, 500
Bilindā Yakā, Vaedda deity, 138, 150;
is Ilandāri, 159; killed by Kandē
Yakā, 159; offerings, 166; possibly
a form of Gaņēsa, 206; son of Kiri-
Ammā, 138, 206; Wanni Deviya,
142, 206

Billē Yaka, 145

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