ARANGUWA: An ornamental arch decorated with flowers or tender leaves of the cocoanut tree.
ARA-SALAWA OR BOJANASALAWA: Refectory.
ARRIKALA: One-eighth portion.
ASANA-REDI: Coverings of an asanaya; altar cloth.
ASANAYA: Throne, altar, seat of honor.
ATALE: A small earthenware-pot usually used in bathing.
ATPANDAMA: A light carried in the hand, formed generally of a brass cup at the end of a stick about two feet long. The cup is filled with tow and oil.
ATAPATTU-WASAMA: The messenger class. A holding held by the atapattu people. The service due from this class is the carrying of messages, keeping guard over treasure or a temple or chief’s house, and carrying in procession state umbrellas, swords of office etc., watching threshing floors and accompanying the proprietor on journeys.
ATAPATTU MOHOTTALA: Writer over the messenger class.
ATAWAKA: The eighth day before and after the full moon. The first is called Pura-atavaka and the second Ava-atavaka.