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Title: Sri Mahā Bodhi shrine; Miniature seated Buddha statues
Creator: de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued: 2016
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: Miniature Buddha statues (many of modern origin and presented as offerings) on a long table below niches with a single seated Buddha in each. All are in dhyāna mudrā, the meditative pose. Flower offerings are placed on the same table.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Identifier: acs00255.TIF
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/330
Subject: Buddha
Statues
Shrines (structures)
Time Period: In 3rd c. BCE and later
Place: Mahāvihāra (The "great" monastery): Sri Mahā Bodhi
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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