Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

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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

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).

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