Sandakada Pahana found in UK (pics: orange.co.uk)
A Buddhist Moon-stone (Sandakada pahana) carved by craftsmen of the Buddhist Sinhalese civilization 1,000 years ago has been found in UK, a media report said.
The Moon-stone found in a bungalow near Exeter, Devon, has been used to form the part of the garden path leading to the house, where it was found.
According to Mrs. Bronwen Hickmott, the current owner of this Moon-stone, this particular Sandakada Pahana has been with their family for decades.
?I loved that stone so much as a child,? 66 year old Hickmott was quoted saying in the British media.
?I used to trace the figures of the animals with my fingers and recite them in order; horse, lion, elephant, hump. I think the hump is actually an ox.?
?We called it ?The Pebble? in our family and we?ve taken it with us around the country over five different house moves.
?But we are thinking of moving again and I don?t think it?s right to keep on shifting it ? especially as we now know it?s historical value.?
According to Hickmott, she originally has grown up with it in her family home at Crowborough, Sussex ? a house previously owned by a Sri Lankan tea exporter.
The report says, the six-inch thick, three quarters of a ton granite Sandakada pahana or moon-stone is among only seven of its type in the world.
An auctioneer has given a value of more than ?30,000 for this ancient treasure, which depicts depicts a half-lotus flower and a procession of horses, lions, elephants and oxen.
According to historians, the Sandakada pahana symbolizes the cycle of Samsara in Buddhism.
Source: orange.co.uk
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Source: http://www.news360.lk/other/more/news-sri-lanka-21-01-2013-uk-23553
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