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Kenimadala is an architectural term utilised in medieval Sinhalese timber structures. It is used to describe the circular roof plate or structural member where the rafters, śalākā, connect at the apex of a domed or conical roof. The roof of a dageba or cetiya, above the stupa were generally domical in shape and were constructed of timber rafters which were held together on the top by means of a circular boss or kenimandala.

It is also known as Kannikā in Pali, which means 'sun-gate', as it represents the doorway where the worthy or arhat leave the world.

See also

• Madol Kurupawa
• Pekada

References

1. Chandana, Jayawardana; K. Peiris; S. Wijesinghe (2015). "Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka". Historical Timber Structures in Sri Lanka: A Review on Pekada, Kenimandala and Madolkurupawa. 47: 63.
2. Snodgrass, Adrian (1992). The Symbolism of the Stupa. Motilal Banarsidass Publisher. p. 280. ISBN 9788120807815.
3. "Dictionary Definition - kaṇṇikā". Buddhist Door. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
4. Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (2020). The Door in the Sky: Coomaraswamy on Myth and Meaning. Princeton University Press. p. 237. ISBN 9780691219332.

External links

• ICOMOS International Committee on Wood. Colombo: International Council on Monuments and Sites. 1993.

Further reading

• Scriver, Peter; Prakash, Vikramaditya, eds. (2007). Colonial Modernities: Building, Dwelling and Architecture in British India and Ceylon. Routledge. ISBN 9781134150250.

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