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Title
Men and women learning at the feet of a Guru (teacher)
Subject
Gender equality--Women in education
Wall paintings--Degaldoruva Vihara--Kandy (Sri Lanka)
Description
It is however heartening to see that the Degaldoruva painter did not confine himself to illustration of women in purely domestic roles. This scene from the Sattubhatta Jataka (one of the former birth stories of the Buddha) shows and equal number of men and women listening to a learned man reading from an ola book.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Degaldoruva Vihare, Kandy district, Sri Lanka
Date
ca. 18th century A.D.
Period of study: 1986-1987
Version: 01/12/2014
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.165
Coverage
ce
Collection
Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "Men and women learning at the feet of a Guru (teacher)," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12662, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12662 (accessed March 28, 2024).