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Title
Sujatha, a female devotee of Buddha
Subject
Rites and ceremonies
Women in art--Kandy (Sri Lanka)
Sujatha--Mural painting and decoration--Gangarama Vihare, Kandy--Sri Lanka
Women in art.
Description
An episode in the life of the Buddha picked out as worthy of illustration by painters of the Kandyan period (18th to early 19th century A.D.) is the offering of alms by Sujatha. She would have been considered typical of the average female lay devotee. This painting is from the Gangarama Vihare near Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Gangarama Vihare, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Date
18th to early 19th 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.100
Coverage
ce
Collection
Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "Sujatha, a female devotee of Buddha," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12597, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12597 (accessed May 14, 2024).