PIYAWILLA: The same as Pawadaya. q. v.
POKUNA: A pond, or well, or reservoir of water, resorted to at a Perehera for the Diyakepuma.
POLÉ: The present given to the Vidane of a village by a sportsman on killing game within the village limits. It is about four or five pounds of flesh. In some districts the custom of giving the pole, apart from the Gangate, has ceased to exist, but it is kept up in Sabaragamuwa.
POLGEDIYA: The fruit of the cocoanut tree.
POLWALLA: A bunch of cocoanuts used in decorations, and the supplying of which forms a service.
PORODDA: The collar of an elephant.
POSONMASA: The third month of the Sinhalese year (June-July).
POTSAKIYA: The button fastened to the end of a string used in tying up and keeping together the ola leaves and wooden covers of native manuscripts.
POTTANIYA: A bundle larger than a “mitiya.”
POYAGEYA: A detached building at a Wihare establishment within proper “sima” (military posts). It is used as a confessional for priests on poya days, as a vestry for convocations and meetings on matters ecclesiastical, and for holding ordination and for worship.