[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) › c19.60 # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.60 Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.60 - **Language:** English ### [c19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.60) \*Painting on\* The following mention of painting on cloth is connected with Parākrama Bāhu II. : “And \*cloth\* he longed every day to behold a beautiful picture of the Blessed One—a perfect likeness of the Master as he was in his lifetime. So the chief of men employed many skilled painters to paint on a beautiful cloth a surpassing likeness of Buddha, as the Blessed One appeared on earth when he walked on the great bridge of gold and gems” (Mahāvamsa, Ch. LXXXV.). - [Previous: c19.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.59) - [Next: c19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.61) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahāvaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.mahavamsa) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.60) · Pramāṇa