Browse Items in Attendant Goddesses (14 total)

Description: The bahiravas in Sri Lankan art are mythical in character, dwarfish in size and grotesque in appearance. A unique example of a bahirava, this stone figure, which appears to be in a kneeling posture, is placed in the compound of the Vave devalaya at Minneriya, Sri Lanka. It was originally associated with images of other male and female goddesses which are now housed in the inner sanctuary of the develaya. Her dress and ornaments suggest a date in the 3rd or 4th century A.D.

Contributor: Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha

Collection: Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

Description: This female bahirava, with a cobra twirling round her hair-do, is a naga attendant of the nagaraja carved on a guardstone at the Vatadage in Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka. A date between the 10th and 12th centuries A.D. may be suggested for this sculpture.

Contributor: Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha

Collection: Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

Description: This female bahirava, with a cobra twirling round her hair-do, is a naga attendant of the nagaraja carved on a guardstone at the Vatadage in Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka. A date between the 10th and 12th centuries A.D. may be suggested for this sculpture.

Contributor: Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha

Collection: Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

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.

Contributor: Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha

Collection: Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting