Image title: Wooden Buddha Image

English text:

Buddha Image — This wooden image was found after when it was washed off to the eastern shore during the tsunami event in 2004. The Right hand of the image depicts the abhaya mudra could nor be and rest of the image including the upper part, right hand and the lower part are badly damaged. The style of the statue could not be identified due to this reason. However the arrangement of the Pleats of the robe of the image suggests that it could be a production of Indonesia or Myanmar. The date of the image is uncertain.

Note: In Sanskrit this would be denoted as Buddhapratimā (बुद्धप्रतिमा, buddha-pratima).

Sinhala text (not proofread):

බුද්ධ ප්‍රතිමාව — මෙම දැවමය ප්‍රතිමාව වර්ෂ 2004 දී සුනාමි ව්‍යවසනයෙන් නැගෙනහිර වෙරළට ගොඩ ගසා තිබිය දී සොයා ගනු ලැබූවකි. දකුණු අතින් අභය මුද්‍රාව දරණ මෙම හිටි බුද්ධ ප්‍රතිමාවේ හිස, පාදම මෙන්ම දකුණට ද හානි වී ඇති හෙයින් නිශ්චිත ශෛලිය දැක්විය නොහැකි වුව ද, සිවුරේ රැළි සහ රටා මෝස්තර අනුව ඉන්දුනීසියානු හෝ මියන්මාරයේ නිපදවන ලද්දක් බව පෙන්වා දෙයි. ප්‍රතිමාවේ කාල නිර්ණය අවිනිශ්චිත ය.

Transcription:

buddha pratimāva — mema dævamaya pratimāva varṣa 2004 dī sunāmi vyavasanayen nægenahira veraḷaṭa goḍa gasā tibiya dī soyā ganu læbūvaki. dakuṇu atin abhaya mudrāva daraṇa mema hiṭi buddha pratimāvē hisa, pādama menma dakuṇaṭa da hāni vī æti heyin niśchita śaĩliya dækviya nohæki vuva da, sivurē ræḷi saha raṭā mōstara anuva indunīsiyānu hō miyanmārayē nipadavana laddak bava penvā deyi. pratimāvē kāla nirṇaya aviniśchita ya.

Transcription:

buddha pratimava — mema davamaya pratimava varsha 2004 di sunami vyavasanayen nagenahira veralata goda gasa tibiya di soya ganu labuvaki. dakunu atin abhaya mudrava darana mema hiti buddha pratimave hisa, padama menma dakunata da hani vi ati heyin nishchita shailiya dakviya nohaki vuva da, sivure rali saha rata mostara anuva indunisiyanu ho miyanmaraye nipadavana laddak bava penva deyi. pratimave kala nirnaya avinishchita ya.

Automated translation (not verified):

Buddha Statue — This wooden statue was found washed up on the east coast in the 2004 tsunami. Although the exact style cannot be determined as the head, base and right side of this standing Buddha statue with the Abhaya mudra in its right hand are damaged, the folds and patterns of the robe indicate that it was made in Indonesia or Myanmar. The dating of the statue is uncertain.

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.