ADAPPAYA: Headman amongst the Moors; a term of respect used in addressing an elder.
ADHAHANA-MALUWA: A place of cremation; especially the place where the bodies of the kings of Kandy were burnt and where their ashes were buried.
ADIKARAMA: An officer of the Kataragama Dewala next in rank to the Basnayake Nilame.
ADIPALLA OR WARUPALLA: The lower layers of the stacked paddy on the threshing floor allowed to the watcher as a perquisite.
ADUKKU: Cooked provisions given to headmen or persons of rank.
ADUKKU-WALANKADA: A pingo of earthenware vessels for cooking or carrying food for headmen, etc.
AGAS: First-fruits; ears of paddy cut as alut-sal, i.e., for the thanksgiving at the harvest home.
AHARA-PUJAWA: The daily offering of food in a Vihare; before noon the mid-day meal is carried to the Vihare, and placed in front of the image of Buddha; it is then removed to the refectory or pansala, where it is consumed by the priests or by the servitors.
AHAS-KAMBE: The tight-rope (literally air-rope) used for rope-dancing which is a service of certain tenants of the Badulla Dewale.
AKYALA: Contribution of rice or paddy on the occasion of a procession at a Dewala; first fruits offered for protection of the crop by the Deviyo.