Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c11.s1.28

c11.s1.28

*Nara simha* NARA SIMHA. Lion with a man’s head, as in Fig. 24. The Rūpāvaliya account describes the *nara simha* as ‘reddish hue down the knees, with fair nails, hair falling on the back, dazzling with divine ornaments, beautiful eyes like the petals of a lotus, expert at emitting flames of fire, possessing hot and cold dispositions like the Sun and Moon, with curved teeth projecting outside the lips, with a tuft of hair on the crown, bestowing all good.’