NO. 62. — 1909.] KANDYAN NAVANDANNO. 



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THE KANDYAN NAVANDANNO. 



By H. W. Codrington, c.c.s. 



I.— NAWANDANNtf. 



The " Janawansa"* distinguishes two great divisions in 

 the caste — 



1. Kamburu or Achdri; workers in metal. 



2. Waduwo ; workers in timber and stone. 



It derives the name " Nawandanno " from the smiths 

 performing new work (nava ham) and renewing old. 

 Under the Kandyan Government the caste was divided 

 as follows : — 



1. Achdri, also styled Gurunneheld ; all blacksmiths. 



2. Badallu ; gold and silversmiths. 



3. Galgdnno ; stone polishers. 



4. Galwaduwo ; stone cutters. 



5. Hittaru ; sittaru, painters. 



5. 1 -waduwo ; lacquerers of arrow and spear shafts, fan 

 handles, &e. 



7. Liyana-waduwo ; turners of ivory and buffalo horn. 



8. Lokuruwo ; brassfounders. 



9. Waduwo; carpenters. 



The Waduwo are now almost extinct, and stone polishing 

 (gal gdnawd) is no longer, as far as I know, done by Kandyan 

 smiths. 



* For a translation, see Mr. H. Nevill, The Taprobanian, 1886, — B., 

 Ed. Sec. 



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