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Title: Recumbent Buddha statue
Creator: de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued: 1999
Publication Information: Claremont Colleges Library
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Ancient Cultural Sites and Royal Residences
Rights Information: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Description: The recumbent Buddha statue is in the second image house in a cave. It is 39 feet long. The painted Buddha statue is in parinibbāna posture (with eyes closed), with the right side of the head resting on a pillow. The statue's very finely worked drapery in yellow is covered on the left shoulder by a narrow red garment, a samghāti. The robe apparently was hand woven in cotton thread and then pasted on to the statue, plastered over and painted. It is possible to pay homage to the statue by walking around it, which is possible only in some cases.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Identifier: acs00032.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/385
Subject: Buddha
Statues
Time Period: 1st century BC, and later
Place: Sässēruwa (Räs vehera)
North Central province, 11 km west of Avukana (location of famous Buddha statue).
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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