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Title
Signage number 3: Anointing Hall
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
Text: "The Anointing Hall had been used for consecrating images of the Buddha and Bodhisattva with scented water according to the Mahayana traditions. The stone pavilion where the water vessels and the images were placed and the drains conveying the consecrated water out of the Mandapa are presently visible. This structure belongs to the late Anuradhapura period."
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00579.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/694
Subject
Signs and signboards
Time Period
Late Anurādhapura period
Place
Abhayagiri Monastery
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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