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The chronicles relate whenever Manuha spoke, a radiance issued from his mouth, but that Anawrahta contrived to demean Manuha's glory and power so that the radiance vanished. Filled with remorse, Manuha made images of the Buddha, built a temple to house them, and prayed, "Whither-soever I emigrate in samsara, may I never be conquered by another !"
The Manuha is not a very distinguished structure, being in the form of reduplicated square, with the upper storey smaller than the lower. The huge images seem to crowd the temple. Three seated images of the Buddha, with the right hand in the gesture of touching the earth, face towards the east. In an adjoining chamber is another large image of Buddha, reclining on his right side with his head pointed towards the north, in position of Parinibbana, the Decease. |
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