Pilgr-image

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Title

Pilgr-image

Subject

The Depiction of the Eight Great Events of the Buddha's LIfe

Description

Different Depictions on different Matreials of the Eight Great Events of the Buddha's Life from India, Tibet, Dunhuang and Yulin.
There different Forms, Functions and Context.
And how they show the narration of the Events and the association with the different sacred sites.

Date

10-13th century

Format

paintings, cloth paintings (thang ka), sculptures, clay objects (tsa tsa), Stelea

Coverage

India, Tibet, Dunhuang and Yulin

Collection Items

Eight Great Events Stele
Andagu plaque with the eight great events of the Buddha's Life. The middle of the plaque displays a Buddhaimage. It is surrounded by images of the other seven events and flanked by two bodhisattvas. It also displays the events of the seven weeks…

Panel showing events of Buddha's life
Panel depicting eight principal scenes of Buddha's life i.e. four main & four secondary life events of Buddha’s life.(Birth, Enlightenment, First sermon, Parinirvana and the Miracle of Multiplication, the taming of the elephant Nalagiri, the…

Yulin Cave 3- main panel (east wall)<br /><br />
Depiction of white-thousand-armed Avalokitesvara (left panel) with buddhist land in background (Tibet), a Buddha statue (middle Panel) with depiction of the eight great events in the background (India), and a fifty-one headed deity (also form of…

Yulin Cave 3- main panel (middle panel)- details
Painting of eight great events of the Buddha's life with Buddha sculpture in front of the painting (sculpture later completed as the painting, late Qing period), showing him sitting in meditation holding his hands in the buhmisparsha mudra, with…

Thang ka (cloth painting) of the Eight Great Events of the Buddha&#039;s Life
Depiction of the eight great events of the Buddha's Life on cloth painting, shown within architectural structures (stūpa). The painting displays the englightenment scenes the in middle, with the other seven scenes around the it.The top of the…

Stone stele of the Eight Great Events of the Buddha’s Life
Depiction with large central image of Buddha displaying him sitting in meditation holding his handns in the bhumisparsha mudra. It is surrounded by small images of the demons of Mara. As well the other seven events of the Buddha's life. The top…

&quot;The First Stūpa&quot; (The First Great Event)
Depiction of the first great event in the Buddha's life, his birth. The image displays the mother of the Buddha, Queen Maya in the center, standing under a tree and lifting her right arm to grasp one of the tree branches. She is flanked by two,…

&quot;The Third Stupa&quot;, (The third great Event)
Depiction of the third great event of the Buddha's life, his first Sermon. The central scene displays the Buddha closely flanked by two disciples, all three sitting on lotus, wearing monastic garments and having a halo. The Buddha holds his hands in…

(title not possible to read) -The Fourth Great Event
Depiction of the fourth great event of the Buddha's life, the miracle of multiplication. The central scene shows the Buddha in three nearly identical appearances, the emanations grow directly out of his main body. All three depictions hold their…

&quot;The Seventh Stūpa&quot; (The Seventh Great Event)
Depiction of the seventh great event of the Buddha's life, receiving the gift of honey from a monkey. The central image shows the Buddha sitting in European fashion on a lotus with his feet resting on a smaller blossom, he is attended by a person…
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