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8th century abhaya Abhayagiriya Aksobhya Amitabha Anuradhapura appears āsana attitude Avalokitesvara Bhattacarya Bodhi Bodhisattva body Boston Museum British Museum bronze Buddha image Buddhist Buduruvegala carved Ceylon Colombo Colombo Museum colour compared consort Coomaraswamy Copper plaques Culavamsa cult described Dhammadhātu dhāraṇī Dhyani Buddha doctrines example figure goddess grounds of style head-dress height heretical hūṁ ibid identified inches India inscription Jambhala Janguli Kandy king known Kuvera left hand Lokesvara lotus Mahasena Mahavihara Mahayana Mahayanist Maitreya Manjusri mentioned monastery monks mudrā Nalanda Natha Nevill collection ornaments padmāsana Pali Pallava Panduvasnuvara Parakramabahu Paranavitana pedestal placed Plate Rahula referred reign representation right hand Sadhanamālā sadhanas Sanskrit sarvva sattva sculpture seated shown shrine Sinhalese slab stanza statuette stupa svāhā tablets tantra Tantric Tantrism Tara Tathāgata text named Theravada Totagamuwa Vairocana Vaitulya Vaitulyavada vajra Vajrapani Vajrasattva varada mudrā Vijayarama waist Wegiriya worship yakṣas دو وو وو