Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c28.13

v4.c28.13

∗ This is clear evidence that there existed in Ceylon the worship not only of Buddha but of the various deities of the Hindu cults and that there existed text-books in that country also containing descriptions of images, which sometimes differed from the readings of those on the continent of India. Evidently some of those Buddha āgamas quoted by Dr. Ananda-kumārasami in his "Simhalese Art" belong to the category of works referred to in the Kāmikāgama.