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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