Scenes from the Life of the Buddha: Adoration of the Buddha Dimpakara, Conception, Prophecy, Birth (architectural fragment) / Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

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Accession Number
1997/2.36
Title
Scenes from the Life of the Buddha: Adoration of the Buddha Dimpakara, Conception, Prophecy, Birth (architectural fragment)
Artist Nationality
Indian
Medium and Support
stone
Object Creation Date
2nd century - 3rd century
Style/Group/Movement
Buddhist
Dimensions
16.5 cm x 39 cm x 5.8 cm (6 1/2 in. x 15 3/8 in. x 2 5/16 in.)
Century
2nd-3rd century
Physical Description
A curved stone, originally a facing on the drum of a small stupa, carved with a narrative scene.
Subject Matter
A fragment of of the base of a small stupa, with relief depictions of a fence above and narrative scenes from the life of the Buddha below. From right to left, in the order they would be encountered by a devotee circumambulating the stupa, these are:
1) Siddhartha prostrates before the Buddha Dipamkara in a previous life.
2) Maya's dream: the conception of Sidhartha, when his mother dreams that an elephant enters her side
3) The prophecy of the sage Ajita to King Suddhodana and his Quene Maya, that their son will become a cakravartin (= universal ruler)
4) Siddhartha's birth, emerging from Maya's side as she grasps a tree in Lumbini Grove
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1423 x 933
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Record
1997/2.36
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"Scenes from the Life of the Buddha: Adoration of the Buddha Dimpakara, Conception, Prophecy, Birth (architectural fragment); Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-2.36/1997_2.36.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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