Sigiriya and Its Significance: A Mahayana-Theravada Buddhist Monastery |
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Contents
The literary record | 5 |
Archaeological evidence | 13 |
Literary light on ancient viharas | 63 |
Copyright | |
Common terms and phrases
abhaya-mudra Abhayagiri Ajanta Cave ancient Anuradhapura Approach Stairway apsaras Archaeological asana Avalokitesvara Bandaranayake Bell ASCAR Bell HCP Bhikkhu Bodhisattva brick Buddha Buddhist monasteries building built Bulathsinhala Ceylon chronicle Cistern clouds Colombo Conze Coomaraswamy Courtesy ASD Courtesy Studio dagoba dated deity dentils depicted Deraniyagala devotee Dhammaruci Dhatusena escarpment evidence excavated female figures flower fresco pockets gallery gateways Geiger gesture Ghosh goddess Govt graffiti hand Hirakawa India inscription interpretation ISBN JRAS(CB Kassapa king Ksitigarbha limestone lion lion-staircase house London lotus Mahavamsa Mahavihara Mahayana Mahayana-Theravada Mahayanist Malalasekera moats Moggallana monastery monastic monks mudra Nagarjunakonda Northern Approach NOTE palace Pali Paranavitana Paranavitana 1956 period pleasure gardens Raja de Silva rampart record religious RH de Silva secular Sigiriya paintings Sigiriya rock sima Sinhala sixth century AC southern Sri Lanka summit Tara terrace Thera Theravada Univ urna-loma vihara western escarpment western gardens western side Wijesekera Willson wingstone worship
Bibliographic information
| Title | Sigiriya and Its Significance: A Mahayana-Theravada Buddhist Monastery |
| Author | Rajendra Henapala De Silva |
| Publisher | Bibliotheque, 2002 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2009 |
| ISBN | 9558655015, 9789558655016 |
| Length | 151 pages |
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