The Seated Buddha from Gandhara is an early surviving statue of the Buddha discovered at the site of Jamal Garhi in ancient Gandhara in modern-day Pakistan, that dates to the 2nd or 3rd …

2024年8月29日 · There are three different positions of the sitting Buddha: virasana, vajrasana, and pralambanasana. Virasana, also known as the hero’s pose or half lotus, depicts the legs …

This small bronze Buddha is probably one of the earliest iconic representations of Shakyamuni from Gandhara. He sits in a yogic posture holding his right hand in abhaya mudra (a gesture of …

The Buddha is usually depicted four postures (iriyā patha): seated in the lotus position (or a derivative thereof), standing, walking and lying down. What do these postures symbolize? The …

The most common subject among these depictions was the seated Buddha in his moment of enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, which led early scholars to conclude that such images …

In the earliest Buddhist art of India, the Buddha was not represented in human form. His presence was indicated instead by a sign, such as a pair of footprints, an empty seat, or an empty space …

This is an image of the preaching Buddha. He is seated in a full lotus position on a dais or throne, portions of which can be seen in the corners of the statue. Two smaller figures below the …

2023年11月16日 · A fifteen-foot-tall sculpture, the figure of the Buddha, with his attendants, is carved in front of a votive stupa in the Vishvakarma Cave, or Cave 10, at Ellora. The statue …

The Buddha’s hands are held in a gesture of preaching known as “turning the wheel of the doctrine.” (A depiction of an actual wheel being turned is carved on the architectural element …

Beneath his low throne appears a seated princely figure flanked by kneeling devotees who may represent donors or perhaps gods urging the Buddha-to-be to start his quest for enlightenment....