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KADA: A load divided into two portions of equal weight and tied to the two ends of a pole, which is balanced on the shoulder, called in Ceylon a “pingo” and in India a “bhangy.”
KADAKETTA: a razor.
KADAPAIYA: A long bag or purse called also Olonguwa.
KADA-RAJAKARIYA: A pingo-load of village supplies given to the king by the Ganwasam. The Gamarala had to deliver it in person in Kandy. The chiefs, lands exempted from tax for loyalty to the British Government were not relieved of the pingo duty. (See proclamation of 21st November 1818, Clause 22).
KAHADIYARA: Sprinkling water used by a Kapurala in ceremonies.
KAHAMIRIS: Saffron and chillies.
KAHATAPOTU: Bark of the saffron tree used in dyeing priests’ robes.
KALAGEDIYA OR KALAYA: A pot, the ordinary vessel used by water-carriers.
KALALA: Carpets, or mats made of a kind of fibre (Sanseviera Zeylanica.)
KALANCHIYA: A Tamil word for an earthenware spitting pot.
KALA-PANDAMA OR KILA-PANDAMA: A branched torch with generally three lights sometimes, six see ATPANDAMA.
KALAS: Earthenware lamps with stands for decorations.
KAMMALA: A forge. A smithy.
KAMMALKASI: Payment in lieu of service at the smithy.
KAMATA: A threshing-floor.
KANGAN: Black cloth given to attendants at funerals.
KANKANAMA: An overseer.
KANKARIYA: A devil ceremony.
KANUWA: A post.
KAPHITUNDAWASA: The day on which a pole is set up in a Dewale for the Perehera, see Ehelagaha.
KAPURALA: A dewala-priest. The Office is hereditary.
KARANDA: A tree, the twigs of which are in general use amongst Buddhist priests by way of tooth brushes. The village of Tittawelgoda has to supply annually 2000 of these tooth-brushes to the Dambulla monastery.
KARANDU-HUNU: Chunam to offer with betel at the sanctuary.
KARAKGEDIYA: A portable wicker basket for catching fish open at both ends and conical in shape used in shallow streams.
KARAWALA: Dried fish, the usual penuma of Moor tenants.
KARIYA KARANARALA: Officer second in rank to the Diwa Nilame in the Dalada Maligawa. The office is restricted to a few families and the appointment is in the hands of the Diwa Nilame, who receives a large fee for it at the yearly nomination. As the Diwa Nilame’s deputy, the Kariyakaranarala attends to all the business matters of the Maligawa and is entitled to valuable dues from subordinate headmen on appointment.
KASAPEN: Young cocoanuts generally given as penuma.
KATARAMA: Same as Galoruwa.
KATBULATHURULU: Penuma consisting of pingoes and money with betel.
KATGAHA: Sometimes called Kajjagaha. The same as Ehelagaha q.v.
KATHAL: The pingo-loads of rice due to the king by way of the Crown dues on all lands cultivated with paddy, except those belonging to the Duggenewili people or class from which the King’s domestic servants were taken.
KATMUDALA: Money payment in lieu of the above.
KATTIYANAMURAYA: The turn for the tenant of a kapu family to perform the service of carrying from the multenge (Dewale kitchen) to the Maligawa (the sanctuary) the multen-kada or daily food offering.
KATUKITUL: Wild prickly kitul the flowers of which are used in decorations.
KATUPELALI: Rough screens made of branches as substitutes for walls in temporary buildings.
KATU-PIHIYA: A small knife of the size of a penknife with a stylus to it.
KAWANI: A kind of cloth.
KATTIYA: A general term for a festival, but in particular applied to the festival of lights in Nov.-Dec. called Kattimangalaya.
KEDAGAN: A palanquin fitted up (with sticks) for the occasion to take the insignia of a Deviyo in procession.
KEHELMUWA: Flower of the plantain.
KEKULHAL: Rice pounded from native paddy.
KEKUNA-TEL: Common lamp oil extracted from the nuts of the Kekuna tree; the oil is largely used in illuminations at festivals and given as garden dues by tenants.
KEMBERA: The beating of tom-toms on Kenmura days.
KENDIYA-WEDAMAWIMA: The carrying in procession of the Rankendiya or sacred-vessel containing water after the Diyakepima.
KENMURA: Wednesdays and Saturdays on which are held the regular services of a Dewale.
KERAWALA: Half of a pingo. Half of a panguwa.
KETIUDALU: Bill-hooks and hoes. Agricultural implements supplied by the proprietor for work in the Muttettu fields. He supplies the iron and the smith tenant makes the necessary implements, assisted by the nilawasam tenants who contribute the charcoal.
KEVILI-HELIYA: A chatty of sweetmeats given as penuma.
KEVILI-KADA: A pingo of sweetmeats given as penuma by high caste tenants.
KEVILI-KIRIBAT: Sweetmeats and rice boiled in milk.
KEVILI-HEPPUWA: See heppuwa.
KEVILI-TATTUWA: See heppuwa.
KEWUN-KESELKAN: Sweetmeats and ripe plantains.
KILLOTAYA: A chunam-box given as a penuma by smith tenants.
KINISSA: A ladle, a common cocoanut spoon.
KIRI-AHARA OR KIRIBAT: Rice boiled in milk and served on festive occasions.
KIRIMETI: Pipe-clay. The supplying and preparation of clay for the Badaheleya (potter) when making bricks and tiles for a proprietor forms one of the duties of every tenant of a temple village, and of the tenants of the Nila or Uliyam pangu in a chief’s village.
KIRIUTURANA-MANGALYAYA: The ceremony of boiling milk at a Dewale generally at the Sinhalese new year and after a Diyakepima.
KITUL-ANDA-MURE: The half share of the toddy of all kitul trees tapped, which is the due of the proprietor. The trees are tapped by Wahumpura tenants by who are also called Hakuro, and the toddy is converted into the syrup from which hakuru (jaggery) is made.
KITUL-PENI-MUDIYA: A small quantity of kitul syrup carried in a leaf and served out to tenants in mura.
KODI: Flags.
KOLALANU: Cords for tying sheaves.
KÔLAN: Masks worn in dancing in Dewala festivals.
KOLMURA: A rehearsal at the Nata Dewala by the Uliyakkarayo before the Perehera starts.
KOMBUWA: A bugle, a horn. It is blown at the Tewawa or service at a Dewale. There are special tenants for this service.
KORAHA: A large wide-mouthed chatty used as a basin.
KONA: The year’s end. The Sinhalese new year (April).
KOTAHALU: The cloth worn by a young female arriving at puberty, which is the perquisite of the family dhobi, with other presents given at the festivities held on the occasion.
KOTALE: An earthenware vessel with a spout given as a penuma by the potter to petty officers.
KOTTALBADDE VIDANE: The headman of smith villages.
KOVAYA: An earthenware crucible. A socket for candles.
KOVILA: A small temple. A minor Dewale.
KÛDE: A basket to remove earth, sand, etc.
KUDAYA: An umbrella.
KUDAMASSAN: Small fishes cured for curry.
KULU: Winnowing fans made of bamboo.
KUMBAL-PEREHERA: Preliminary Perehera at a Dewale when the insignia are carried in procession round the inner Court for five days, followed by the Dewale Perehera for five days twice a day round the Widiya, and the Randoli or Maha Perehera for five days.
KUMBAYA: A post, a pole for arches in decorations.
KUMARIHAMILLA: Ladies of rank.
KUMARA-TALA-ATTA: A talipot of state. An ornamental talipot carried in processions by tenants of superior grade.
KUNAMA: The palanquin carried in procession at the Perehera containing inside the insignia of a Deviyo. It is also called Randoliya.
KURUMBA: The same as Kasapen.
KURU: Hair-pins.
KURU-KANDA: A candle stick made of clay, called also Kotvilakkuwa.
KURAPAYIYA: The same as Kadapayiya.
KURUNIYA: One eighth of a bushel or four seer.
KURUWITALE: Spear used at elephant kraals.