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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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

The tsa tsa displays a central Buddha image, showing him sitting in meditation and holding his hands in the bhumisparsha mudra. He is surrounded by eight types of stūpas. Each one representing one of the eight great events in the Buddha's life.…

Detail (Depiction top left) of the Panel showing the Buddha's life. The image displays the Buddha sitting in the middle, next to him two figures on both sides (possibly his first disciples). He is holding his hands in the so called dharmacakramudra.…

Depiction (lower left) of the birth of the Buddha. The image shows the birth of the Buddha, depicted in the form of Queen Maya standing in the middle of the image (Mother of Sakyamuni) and raising her right arm holding the branch of a tree. And the…