Image / Monastery; Image house; Seated Buddha statue; Virāsana; Abhaya mudrā; Nunnery; Guardstone

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Title: Monastery; Image house; Seated Buddha statue; Virāsana; Abhaya mudrā; Nunnery; Guardstone
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued: 2009
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: Guardstone with a five-hooded Nāgarāja at left side of the steps of the image house. Gneiss. Height: 1.110 meters. The figure is holding a traditional long stem with a lotus flower in the right hand and a vase of abundance in the left hand. One of the two nandi is beside his left leg. A similar one in slightly worse condition is found on the right side of the steps. The Buddha statue may be from the 9th or 10th century CE.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00497.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/611
Subject: Nāgarāja
Statues
Time Period: Circa 5th-6th century CE
Place: Asokārāma Monastery
Anurādhapura/Pankuliya
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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