Vogelmann - Kinnara

Detail of an extended door vault at the shrine 

of the Buddhist monastery of Bungabahi in 

Bungamati, probably 11th century. A 

birdman with a human torso and a tail 

a tail that ends in abundant coils 

a container (kalasa) with the elixir of immortality (amrta). 

immortality (amrta). As celestial beings 

they populate the clouds and thus promise rain. 

rain.

Reduced version, 20 cm x 59 cm, 5 kg

2012