Detail of Panel showing the Buddha's Life

Eight Great Events Depiction Detail (lower layer, right), Englightement, Bodh Gaya.jpg

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Title

Detail of Panel showing the Buddha's Life

Subject

The eight great events of the Budhha's life

Description

Detail (Depiction top right) of the Panel displaying the englightenment of the Buddha. The central figur shows the Buddha sitting in meditation, with his right hand touching the earth, in the so-called bhumisparsha mudra. 

Source

http://www.sarnathmuseumasi.org/gallery/Gallery2%20Acc%20No%20261.html

Publisher

Archeological Museum of Sarnath, Saranth Station Rd, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221007, Indien. Accession Nr. 261.

Date

Gupta Period, ca. 5th c. ( dated by Elena A. Pakhoutoua, Diss. 284, 7th-8th c.)

Relation

Panel showing Buddha's Life

Type

Stone sculpture

Coverage

Sanarth, Bihar, India

Geolocation