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Title: Sankha Bahirava 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: One of two statues on either side of southern entrance to the Abhayagiri Stūpa. The statues symbolize "the two main treasure houses, Sankha and Padma of Vaisravana (or Kuvera). It is believed that they have been erected to ward off any evil or danger that may befall on the Stūpa." The head gear of the Samkha statue is a conch.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00449.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/565
Subject: Shrines (structures)
Statues
Time Period: In the 1st century BCE and expanded and restored many times through the 12th century CE
Place: Abhayagiri Monastery: Abhayagiri Stūpa
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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