PATTINIAMMA: The female attendant in the Pattini Dewale.
PATTINI-NETUMA: Dance held by Nilawasam tenants in charge of temple cattle, who serves at the giving of fresh milk called “Hunkiri-payinda-kirima” and at the “Kiri-itirima” ceremony of boiling milk in Dewale at the new year, and sprinkling it about the precincts, in expression of a wish that the year may be a prosperous one.
PATTIRIPPUWA: An elevated place, or raised platform in the Widiya of Dewale, as a resting place for the insignia during procession.
PAWADAYA OR PIYAWILLA: A carpet or cloth spread on the ground by the dhobi on duty for the Kapurala to walk upon during the Tewawa, or at the entry of a distinguished visitor into the house of the proprietor.
PEDIYA: A dhobi. A washerman.
PEDURA: A mat. It is given for use at a threshing floor or for a festival or public occasion by tenants as one of their dues.
PEHINDUM: Uncooked provisions given to headmen, generally by low class tenants.
PELA: A shed, a watch-hut.
PELDORA: Perquisite to the watcher of a field, being the crop of the paddy around the watch-hut. See Hiwelande.
PELELLA: A screen made of leaves and branches to answer the purpose of a wall in temporary buildings.