DURAWASAMA: The office of Dureya or headman of the Durayi. The tenement of land held by their class. Their services resemble those of the Ganwasama the difference being that instead of cooked they give uncooked provisions, and vegetables or raw provisions instead of sweet-meats for the penuma to the landlord.
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EBITTAYA: A Boy. A priest’s servant.
EDANDA: A plank or trunk thrown across a stream. A log bridge.
EHELA-GAHA: A post or tree set up at a Dawale at a lucky hour in the month of Ehela as a preliminary to the Perahera. Compare the English May-pole.
EHELA-PEREHARA: Vide Perahera.
ELAWALUKADA: A pingo of vegetables, which is the penuma given to proprietors by the tenants of the lower castes.
ELWI: A kind of paddy grown on all hill sides under dry cultivation.
EMBETTAYA: A barber.