PANSALA: The residence of a priest. Lit. hut of leaves.
PANTIYA: An elephant stall. A row of buildings. A festival.
PAN-WETIYA: A wick.
PATA: A measure corresponding to a hunduwa. One-fourth of a seer. The same as Awaliya.
PATABENDI: Titled. There are in some villages a superior class of tenants called Patabendo, doing nominal service, such as occasionally guarding the proprietor’s house. In temple villages, however, they perform services similar to those of the Ganwasama.
PATHISTHANAYA: A lance with an ornamented handle, carried in processions or on journeys of state by the Hewawasam or Atapattu tenants.
PATHKADAYA: A priest’s kneeling cloth or leathern rug.
PATHKOLAYA: A piece of a plantain leaf used instead of a plate. It is called Pachchala in Sabaragamwua. In temples there is a special tenant to supply it for the daily service.
PATHTHARAYA: The alms bowl of a priest, sometimes of clay but generally of iron or brass, or, rarely of silver.
PATTAYA: The sheath of an arecanut branch. It is very commonly used by way of a bottle for keeping jaggery or honey in.