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EBITTAYA: A Boy. A priest’s servant.

EDANDA: A plank or trunk thrown across a stream. A log bridge.

EHELA-GAHA: A post or tree set up at a Dawale at a lucky hour in the month of Ehela as a preliminary to the Perahera. Compare the English May-pole.

EHELA-PEREHARA: Vide Perahera.

ELAWALUKADA: A pingo of vegetables, which is the penuma given to proprietors by the tenants of the lower castes.

ELWI: A kind of paddy grown on all hill sides under dry cultivation.

EMBETTAYA: A barber.

EMBULKETTA: A kitchen knife. It is the penuma given by blacksmith tenants.

ETIRILLA: Cloth spread on chairs or other seats out of respect to a guest or headman. (Clough) It is the service of a dhobi tenant.

ETULKATTALAYA: The inner room or sanctuary of a Dewale, called also the Maligawa and Dewamandiraya. The term is also applied to all the officers having duties in the sanctuary, such as Kapurala, Batwadanarala, Wattorurala, etc.