Image title: Ambalantota plaque

English text:

Ambalantota plaque — This plaqe made out of crystallized limestone has been desposited in the Buddhist temple of Girihandu Viharaya in Ambalamtota. It bears a bas-relife depiciting the scene where Prince Siddhartha servering his hair on the bank of river Anoma after the Great Renunciation. The stylistic characteristic Krishna valley and is dated to the 100 CE. Provenance unkown.

Sinhala text (not proofread):

අම්බලන්තොට ඵලකය — දැනට අම්බලන්තොට ගිරිහඬු විහාරයේ තැන්පත් කර තිබෙන මෙම කිරිගරුඬ පුවරුවේ සිද්ධාර්ථ කුමරු අභිනිෂ්ක්‍රමණය කොට අනෝමා ගං තෙරේදී සිය කේශඡේදනය කළ අයුරු දක්වා තිබේ. අර්ධ උන්නත මූර්තියක් වන මෙහි ඉන්දීය ආන්ත්‍ර ශෛලියේ ලක්ෂණ ප්‍රබලව ඉස්මතුව පෙනේ. ක්‍රිස්තු වර්ෂයෙන් පළමු වන සියවසට අයත් කළ හැකි මෙම පුවරුව නාගාර්ජුන කොණ්ඩ ප්‍රදේශයෙන් ආනයනය කරන ලද්දකි. ඉහළ කලාත්මක ලක්ෂණ පිළිබිඹු කරන මෙම පුවරුව කුමන තැනකින් සොයා ගන්නා ලද්දේ දැයි වාර්තා නොවේ.

Transcription:

ambalantoṭa phalakaya — dænaṭa ambalantoṭa girihaṇḍu vihārayē tænpat kara tibena mema kirigaruṇḍa puvaruvē siddhārtha kumaru abhiniṣkramaṇaya koṭa anōmā gaṅ terēdī siya kēśachhēdanaya kaḷa ayuru dakvā tibē. ardha unnata mūrtiyak vana mehi indīya āntra śaĩliyē lakṣaṇa prabalava ismatuva penē. kristu varṣayen paḷamu vana siyavasaṭa ayat kaḷa hæki mema puvaruva nāgārjuna koṇḍa pradēśayen ānayanaya karana laddaki. ihaḷa kalātmaka lakṣaṇa piḷibiḅu karana mema puvaruva kumana tænakin soyā gannā laddē dæyi vārtā novē.

Transcription:

ambalantota phalakaya — danata ambalantota girihandu viharaye tanpat kara tibena mema kirigarunda puvaruve siddhartha kumaru abhinishkramanaya kota anoma gan teredi siya keshachhedanaya kala ayuru dakva tibe. ardha unnata murtiyak vana mehi indiya antra shailiye lakshana prabalava ismatuva pene. kristu varshayen palamu vana siyavasata ayat kala haki mema puvaruva nagarjuna konda pradeshayen anayanaya karana laddaki. ihala kalatmaka lakshana pilibiḅu karana mema puvaruva kumana tanakin soya ganna ladde dayi varta nove.

Automated translation (not verified):

Ambalanthota Plaque - Presently placed in the Ambalanthota Girihadu Vihara, this marble slab shows how Prince Siddhartha was abdicated and cut his hair on the banks of the Anoma river. A semi-elevated sculpture, the features of the Indian Anthra style are strongly highlighted here. This tablet, which can be dated to the first century AD, was imported from Nagarjuna Konda area. It is not recorded where this panel was found, which reflects high artistic features.

Tamil text (not proofread):

அம்பலாந்தோட்டையில் உள்ள தகடு — இத் தட்டு படிகமயமாக்கப்பட்ட சுண்ணாம்புக் கற்களால் உருவாக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இது அம்பலாந்தோட்டையில் உள்ள கிரிகண்டு விகாரை எனும் பௌத்த கோயிலில் வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது; இத் தட்டில் சற்று புடைத்திருக்கும் விதத்தில் ஒரு சிற்ப வேலைப்பாடு காணப்படுகின்றது. அனைத்து செல்வங்களையும் விட்டு விலகிய சித்தார்த்த இராஜ குமாரன் அனோமா நதிக்கரையில் வந்து தனது தலைமுடியை வெட்டிய காட்சியை சித்தரிக்கும் விதத்தில் காணப்படுகின்றது. இக் கலை நயம் இந்திய அமராவதி கலை நயத்தை தெளிவாக காட்டுகின்றது. இது கி.மு.100 ம் நூற்றாண்டைச் சேர்ந்ததாகும். இது தாழ்ந்த கிருஸ்ணா பள்ளத்தாக்கில் இருந்து இறக்குமதி செய்யப்பட்டதாக இருக்கலாம். ஆனால், கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்ட இடம் பற்றிய தகவல்கள் கிடைக்கவில்லை

Transcription:

ampalāntōṭṭaiyil uḷḷa takaṭu — it taṭṭu paṭikamayamākkappaṭṭa cuṇṇāmpuk kaṟkaḷāl uruvākkappaṭṭuḷḷatu. itu ampalāntōṭṭaiyil uḷḷa kirikaṇṭu vikārai eṉum pautta kōyilil vaikkappaṭṭiruntatu; it taṭṭil caṟṟu puṭaittirukkum vitattil oru ciṟpa vēlaippāṭu kāṇappaṭukiṉṟatu. aṉaittu celvaṅkaḷaiyum viṭṭu vilakiya cittārtta irāja kumāraṉ aṉōmā natikkaraiyil vantu taṉatu talaimuṭiyai veṭṭiya kāṭciyai cittarikkum vitattil kāṇappaṭukiṉṟatu. ik kalai nayam intiya amarāvati kalai nayattai teḷivāka kāṭṭukiṉṟatu. itu ki.mu.100 m nūṟṟāṇṭaic cērntatākum. itu tāḻnta kirusṇā paḷḷattākkil iruntu iṟakkumati ceyyappaṭṭatāka irukkalām. āṉāl, kaṇṭupiṭikkappaṭṭa iṭam paṟṟiya takavalkaḷ kiṭaikkavillai

Transcription:

ambalanthottaiyil ulla thagadu — ith thattu padigamayamakkappatta sunnambug karkalal uruvakkappattullathu. ithu ambalanthottaiyil ulla kirigandu vigarai enum pautha koyilil vaikkappattirunthathu; ith thattil sarru pudaithirukkum vithathil oru sirpa velaippadu kanappaduginrathu. anaithu selvangalaiyum vittu vilagiya sithartha iraja kumaran anoma nathikkaraiyil vanthu thanathu thalaimudiyai vettiya kadsiyai sitharikkum vithathil kanappaduginrathu. ig kalai nayam inthiya amaravathi kalai nayathai thelivaga kattuginrathu. ithu ki.mu.100 m nurrandais sernthathagum. ithu thazhntha kirusna pallathakkil irunthu irakkumathi seyyappattathaga irukkalam. anal, kandupidikkappatta idam parriya thagavalkal kidaikkavillai

Automated translation (not verified):

Plate at Ambalanthotai — The plate is made of crystallized limestone. It was housed in a Buddhist temple called Krigandu Viharai in Ambalantottai; This plate has a slightly embossed sculpture. It depicts the scene where Siddhartha Rajakumar, who renounced all wealth, came to the banks of the river Anoma and cut his hair. This artistic style clearly shows the Indian Amaravati style of art. It belongs to the 100th century BC. It may have been imported from the lower Krishna valley. However, information about the location of the discovery is not available

Gallery information:

These photos were taken at the Maritime Museum in Galle (Sri Lanka) which include objects recovered from the 2nd century B.C. Godawaya shipwreck. The Maritime Museum is housed in Galle's historic Dutch warehouse (built in 1671) and opened its doors on May 9, 1992. The Maritime Archaeology Museum is serving as a centre of education for various groups of visitors and researchers of Southern region of Sri Lanka.