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Title
A nāgini, female cobra of dwarfish stature
Subject
Bhairavi
Cobras in art
Nāginī
Dwarfs in art
Stone image--Lankatilaka Vihare--Polonnaruva (Sri Lanka)
Description
Belonging to about the 12th century A.D. is this female bahirava, bearing a chamara. She attends on the nagi guardian on the balustrade of the Lankatilaka Vihare at Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Lankatilaka Vihare, Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka
Date
ca. 12th century A.D
Period of study: 1986-1987
Version: 01/12/2012
Contributor
Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha
Technical Officer: Wijesinghe, Lalith
Technical Assistant: Jayasundare, Subhashini
Photographer: Madanayake, I.S.
International Center for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, Colombo
Rights
All rights reserved by International Center for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka.
Relation
Forms part of Photographic documentation of Women as depicted in early Sri Lankan sculpture and painting / Slide in present collection
Format
JPEG 2000
Language
eng
Type
image
Identifier
PDWESLSP.S.88
Coverage
ce
Collection
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Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "A nāgini, female cobra of dwarfish stature," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12585, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/12585 (accessed May 2, 2024).