Standing Buddha statue
Rating
Title
Standing Buddha statue
Photographer
de Silva, Preethi
Built by
Unknown
Subject
Statues Buddha
Site Location
Sässēruwa (Räs vehera)
City/Region
North Central province, 11 km west of Avukana (location of famous Buddha statue).
Country
Sri Lanka
Year Established
Possibly contemporary with or earlier than the Avukana statue , circa 7th or 8th century CE . Inscriptions are from 2nd century BCE .
Description
Unfinished statue in granitic gneiss , and located in an earlier monastic complex with over 100 caves . It is of the same period as the better known statue at Avukana . Carved in high relief out of the living rock , in an arched recess . The statue is on an unfinished stone pedestal . The right hand is held in abhaya mudrā , unlike in the Avukana statue ; the left hand only appears to hold the finely chiseled robe at the shoulder . The robe is executed with concave pleats . The right shoulder is left bare . It could be considered an example of Mahāyāna tradition of the Dhammarūci sect . Height : 11 meters (36 ' 1'') .
Publisher
Claremont Colleges Library
Date
1999
Reference
Nandana Chutiwongs, Leelananda Prematilleke and Roland Silva, “Sri Lanka Sculpture: Buddha.” Colombo: Central Cultural Fund, 2007.
Chandra Wikramagamage, “The Avukana Buddha.” Colombo: Academy of Sri Lankan Culture, 1994.
Ulrich von Schroeder, “Buddhist Sculpture of Sri Lanka.” Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, 1990.
Collection
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - http://cdm15831.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15831coll15
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Type
Image
Format
image/jp2
Object File Name
acs00116.jpg
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