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SADANGUWE-PEHINDUMA: A pehinduma given by a village in common, not by the tenants in turns. The term is in use in Sabaragamuwa.
SAMAN DEWALE: Temple of Sumana or Saman deviyo, the tutelary god of Sripadastane. The one in Sabaragamuwa is the richest and largest of the Dewale dedicated to this Deviyo.
SAMUKKALAYA: A cover for a bed or couch forming a travelling requisite carried by a tenant for the use of his superior.
SANDUN-KIRIPENI-IHIMA: A sprinkling of perfumes at festivals to denote purification, tranquility.
SANNI-YAKUMA: A species of devil-dance to propitiate demons afflicting a patient.
SARAKKU: Curry-stuff. Drugs.
SARAMARU-MOHOTTALA: A mohottala over service villages, holding his office during the pleasure of the head of the Dewale.
SATARA-MANGALYAYA: The four principal festivals in the year. See mangalyaya.
SATTALIYA: An ancient coin equal to about one and-a-half fanam, or two-pence and a farthing.
SEMBUWA: A small brazen pot generally used on journeys for carrying water or for bathing. The service of carrying it on journeys devolves on the dhoby.
SEMENNUMA: Remuneration given originally to an irrigation headman, which in lapse of time began to be given to the proprietor, and called “Huwandiram” or “Suwandirama”. When given to a Dewale, it is sometimes called Semennuma.
SESATA: A large fan made of talipot or cloth and richly ornamented, with a long handle to carry it in processions. It was once an emblem of royalty.
SIHILDAN: Priest’s early meal at daybreak. The same as Hildana q. v.
SINHARAKKARA-MUHANDIRAMA: A rank conferred on the headman over the musicians of a temple.
SINHASANAYA: A throne. An altar, A seat of honor. It is also a name given to the “Pattirippuwa.”
SITTARA: A painter. He is a tenant generally of the smith caste, and mends and keeps in repair the image and paintings of temples. The temple supplies the requisite pigments and food during work. The completion of an image or a restoration or construction of a Vihare is observed with a pinkama; and the offerings of moneys, etc., for a certain number of days are allowed as perquisites to the painters and smiths in addition to the hire agreed upon called “Barapen” (q. v.) The painter, likewise, supplies ornamented sticks as handles for lances, flags, etc., and presents to the head of the temple a penuma of an ornamented walking-stick or betel tray.
SIWURUKASI OR SIWURUMILA: Contribution for priests’ robes, being a very trifling but a regular annual payment during the Was Season, and given with the usual dankada.
SRIPADASTANE: The place of the sacred foot-step-Adam’s peak. It is yearly frequented by crowds of pilgrims, has a separate temple establishment of its own, presided over by a Nayaka Unnanse, and held in great veneration second only to the Dalada Maligawa or shrine of the eye-tooth of Buddha.
SUDUREDI-TOPPIYA: The white hat commonly worn by Kandyan headmen forming the annual penuma of a dhoby tenant.
SUWANDIRAMA: See Semennuma.