Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c11.s1.47

c11.s1.47

HORSE. The horse (aśvaya) is but rarely met with in Kandyan decoration. The following description is given in the Rūpāvaliya: “The horse has hoofs like balls, and the lower parts like a mound, a neigh like the sound of a storm, and lotus eyes; he is swift as the wind, stately as a lion, has the gait of a dancer, a face like a cluster of munamal flowers, and the hinder part like a stack of corn.”