Polonnaruwa - Sandakada pahana ( The Moonstone )
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The design of the sandakada pahana of the Polonnaruwa period differs largely from that of the Anuradhapura period. The single band that was used to depict the four animals was removed, and processions of the elephant, lion and horse were depicted in separate bands. The most significant change is the removal of the bull from the sandakada pahana.[6] This was because in Hinduism the bull is considered as an auspicious animal and during this time of the history the influence of Hinduism was high in Sri Lanka. The Anuradhapura tradition of placing sandakada pahanas only at entrances to Buddhist temples also changed, and they are found at the entrances of other buildings belonging to the Polonnaruwa period as well.[5]
The sandakada pahana at the entrance to the Polonnaruwa Vatadage. Note the absence of the bull and lion.
An invasion by Rajendra I in 1017 AD brought a large part of the country under the control of the Chola empire.[7][8] The country was under Chola rule until 1055 AD,[9] and the Sri Lankan culture was heavily influenced by South Indian customs and traditions, including the Hindu religion.[10] Historians believe that the reason for the removal of the bull from the sandakada pahana was because of its connection with Hinduism. The bull, the vehicle of the god Shiva, is a venerated animal in Hinduism, and therefore was removed from the sandakada pahana since it was a place where people tread upon.[6] The lion has also been omitted from some sandakada pahanas.[11] The best specimen of the sandakada pahanas of the Polonnaruwa period is at the northern entrance of the Polonnaruwa Vatadage.
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Sandakada Pahana (සඳකඩපහණ) Moonstone, The Documentry
Sandakada Pahana also known moonstone is one of the most famous architectural wonder. The moonstone also known as Sandakada Pahana is found in ancient kingdoms of Sri Lanka. It is considered the first step of a building. The design of the moonstone has undergone many changes over time, But the moonstones show the highest level of creativity towards the end of the Anuradhapura Era.
සඳකඩපහණ යනූ‍වෙන් හැදින්වෙනුයේ පඩිපෙළෙහි ප්‍රථම පඩියයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කැටයම් වල නිරුපන හැකියාව සඳකඩපණේ විදහා දැක්වේ. සඳකඩපහණ අනුරාධපුරයේ ගොඩනැගිළි තැනීම ඇරඹුන මුල් කාළයේදීම එනම් ක්‍රි.පු. 3 වන සියවසේදී ආරම්භ වු බව සිතිය හැක.
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Sandakada pahana of Anuradhapura Kindom
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Sandakada pahana, also known as Moon-stone, is a unique feature of the Sinhalese architecture of ancient Sri Lanka.[1][2][3] It is an elaborately carved semi-circular stone slab, usually placed at the bottom of staircases and entrances. First seen in the latter stage of the Anuradhapura period, the sandakada pahana evolved through the Polonnaruwa, Gampola and Kandy period. According to historians, the sandakada pahana symbolises the cycle of Saṃsāra in Buddhism.
The first sandakada pahanas were created during the latter stage of the ancient Anuradhapura Kingdom. They were only placed at entrances to Buddhist temples during this period.[5]
The carvings of the semi circular stone slab were the same in every sandakada pahana. A half lotus was carved in the centre, which was enclosed by several concentric bands. The first band from the half lotus is decorated with a procession of swans, followed by a band with an intricate foliage design known as liyavel. The third band has carvings of four animals; elephants, lions, horses, and bulls. These four animals follow each other in a procession symbolizing the four stages in life: growth, energy, power and forbearance. The fourth and outermost band contains a carving of flames,[5] usually interpreted as representing a fire altar................
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Anuradapuraye Sandakada Pahana.avi
අනුරාධපුරයේ ඇති ඓතිහාසික සදකඩපහණ පිළිබද සම්පූර්ණ විස්තරයක් මෙහි ඇතුලත්ය
සඳකඩපහණ (Sandakada pahana)
සඳකඩපහන
සඳකඩපහන යනු පූජ්‍ය ස්ථානයකට ඇතුළුවන ෙදාරටුව පාමුල ඇති අර්ධකවාකාර හැඩයෙන් යුතු කැටයම් සහිත ශෛලමය නිර්මාණයකි. මෙම සඳකඩපහන තුළින් කලාකරුවා බෞද්ධයන් හට සුවිශේෂී පණිවිඩයක් ලබා දීමට උත්සාහ කල බව විද්වත් මතයයි. මුල් කාලයේදී මෙය කැටයම් රහිත අර්ධකවාකාර ගල් පුවරුවක් විය.
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඈති මෙවෑනි කලා නිර්මාණයන් පිළිබඳ වෑඩි විස්තර දෑනගෑනීමට අපගේ වෙබ් අඩවියට පිවිසෙන්න.
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Guardstones (Ancient Muragala) – මුරගල
The guardstone or “muragala” were one of an association of three aspects of sculpture that adorned the entrance to buildings in ancient times, the other two being the moonstone (Sandakada Pahana) and balustrade (Korawak Gala) .
The guardstones, which provided a support to the heavy stone balustrade, were plain in the beginning. Later they came to be sculptured with symbols significant of prosperity and protection.
Moonstone – සඳකඩ පහන
The moonstone (Sandakada Pahana) is a permanent feature of the buddhist building of all historical periods. This is a semi circular piece of stone which stood at the foot of a flight of steps in most buddhist buildings. Although the moonstone is generally semi circular, Sometimes you can come across square moonstones. It is thought that the moon stones originated as blank square stone and later developed in to a semi circular shape. This again developed to include multitude of carved decorations in later stages. But the moonstones in the monasteries where the forest dwelling monks lived maintained the blank semi circular shape.
The design of the moonstone has undergone many changes over time, But the moonstones show the highest level of creativity towards the end of the Anuradhapura Era.
In most of the moonstones of Anuradhapura Era, the outer edge is designed with a ring of flames and below that is a ring filled with 4 types of animals – The elephant, the horse, the lion, and the bull chasing each other. Some moonstones show these beasts in their own semi circular band. The next is a semi circle of a creeper with a wavy stem with foliage (“liyawela”). Next is a line of swans with a twig of flower and a leaf on their mouth. Next is again a floral pattern and at the centre is lotus with petals all around the semi circle on the moonstone.
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Muragala,Guardstones
The guardstone or “muragala” were one of an association of three aspects of sculpture that adorned the entrance to buildings in ancient times, the other two being the moonstone (Sandakada Pahana) and balustrade (Korawak Gala) .
The guardstones, which provided a support to the heavy stone balustrade, were plain in the beginning. Later they came to be sculptured with symbols significant of prosperity and protection.
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Guard Stone, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka 28.3.2016
GUARDSTONE
There is a raised platform in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka which contains a strange stone of 7-9 century AD indicated by a steel plate with following inscription on it:
“This is the most artistic Guardstone found in Sri Lanka. Two lovers emerge from the dragon mouth above the cobra king, who has in his hand the pot of abundance signifying prosperity. This is said to show that fertility generates prosperity. Indulgence in worldly life is like entering the mouth of the dragon.”
It also contains the ruins of a magnificent edifice of the ancient times, apparently constructed for the use of 5000 monks of Abhayagiri monastery which is located nearby.
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Anuradhapura 1980 archive footage
Archival footage shot by a West German filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1980.
It contains stock footage of Anuradhapura, a major city in the North Central Province of the Country: Vihara Temple, sandakada pahana at the entrance to the Polonnaruwa Vatadage, monks walking, Mahadharmaraksita, Thoobarama Vatadage, and more.
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Moonstone, Guardstone and Twin Ponds in Anuradhapura
The moonstone (Sandakada Pahana) is a permanent feature of the Buddhist building of all historical periods. This is a semicircular piece of stone which stood at the foot of a flight of steps in most Buddhist buildings.
The guard stone or “muragala” were one of an association of three aspects of sculpture that adorned the entrance to buildings in ancient times
Kuttam Pokuna or the twin ponds are other hydrologic engineering marvels of the ancient Sri Lanka. These two ponds belong to the Abayagiri aramic complex and probably been used by the monks for bathing. The origins of these ponds are not known but it is thought to have been built during the reign of King Aggabodhi I (575-608).
King Mahasen's Palace, Sri Lanka
King Mahasen's palace was built in the third century but all that remains now are a few standing pillars and the semi-circular doorstep traditionally called Sanda Kada Pahana or Moonstone. The stone doorstep is intricately carved with semi-circular rows of swans and elephants.
MOONSTONE SITE, ANURADHAPURA, SRI LANKA. McD'AGO
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in 1950, an English planter was said to have taken one of 7 Sandakada Pahana's - the symbolic epitome of Sri Lankan Buddhist civilization - back with him to London, which is going to be auctioned for 30,000 Sterling Pounds on the 30th April 2013. As Sri Lankans, what can we do? Kurumanama discusses. Kurumanama every weekday from 6.30pm on SinghaFM