Abhayagirya Monastery, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, South Asia

Sandakada pahana, or Moonstone, is a unique feature of the Sinhalese architecture of ancient Sri Lanka. It is an elaborately carved semi-circular stone slab, usually placed at the bottom of staircases and entrances. According to historians, the sandakada pahana symbolises the cycle of Saṃsāra in Buddhism.

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