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Title
Stupa: Monastery: Manik (Gem) Vehera: Guardstone
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
Detail of ornate guardstone on left side of stairway with a seven-hooded Nagaraja and Sanka nidhi (at right, in an unusual laughing attitude) and Padma nidhi flanking his feet. The sculptured trunk of an elephant on the left side of the guardstone also is visible.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs01305.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1412
Subject
Nāgarāja
Sculpture
Time Period
8th century CE and later
Place
Manik Vehera
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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