[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Mediaeval Sinhalese Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908) › c19.41 # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.41 Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.41 - **Language:** English ### [c19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.41) In some verses of the canon the idealism is more evident. The Buddha, for example, is one with “an unfettered, quiescent, and absolutely pure mind” (Sāriputra); of the horse it is said that “his neigh has the sound of the storm, . . . he is swift as the wind, stately as the lion and has the gait of a dancer” (Rūpāvaliya). The expression of these abstract ideas is of more value than the exact imitation of natural forms. - [Previous: c19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.40) - [Next: c19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.42) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.41) · Pramāṇa