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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 Buddhas Life Gupta, sarnath museum, 261.jpg
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 (east) wall images, .jpg
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…

Eight Great Events of the Buddha’s Life, central panel of the main wall, Yulin.jpg
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…

Eight Great Events of the Buddha’s Life, painting on cloth, Tibet_ Diss_ 3.4.jpg
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, Jagdispur,10th century.jpg
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…

Dunhuang, Mogaoku, Grotto 76, east wall _The Fisrt Stupa_ (First Greate Eveent), Courtesy of the Dunhuang Institute of Reseach, Dunhuang.jpg
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,…

Dunhuang, Mogaoku; Grotto 76, east wall_ The Third Stupa_ (The Third Great Event), Courtesy of the Dunhuang Institute of Reseach, Dunhuang.jpg
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…

Dunhuang, Mogauku, Grotto 76, east wall_ Title unvisible (The Fourth Great Event), Courtesy of the Dunhuang Institute of Reseach, Dunhuang.jpg
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…

Dunhuang, Mogaoku, Grotto76, east wall_ The Seventh Stupa_(The Seventh Great Event), Courtesy of the Dunhuang Institute of Reseach, Dunhuang.jpg
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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