Goddess Laksmi or Shri in the Art of early Sri Lanka

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Title

Gajalakshmi

Subject

Gajalakshmi (Goddess)
Stone carving--Galpota (Book of stone)--Polonnaruwa--Sri Lanka
King Niśśaṅkamalla (Sri Lanka)

Description

Belonging to the 12th century is this relief of the Gajalaksmi from Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka. King Nissankamalla thought it auspicious to embellish his ‘Book of stone’ or Galpota, Sri Lanka, with the Gajalaksmi symbol.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

Galpota ‘Book of stone’, Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka

Date

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.54

Coverage

ce

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "Gajalakshmi," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12551, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12551 (accessed April 19, 2024).

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