View from the right of the statue of crystalline limestone of a seated Buddha in virāsana and displaying the dhyāna mudrā. It would have been the main image in a large shrine room of the monastery and is considered one of the best preserved and greatest sculpted Buddha statues found in Sri Lanka. Some similarities with Mathura (India) standing Buddha images of the Gupta period include a diaphanous robe and the three ring-like folds of skin around the neck. The head, however, is here ovoid not egg-shaped as in the Mathura image. Height: 1.760 meters.
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