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Art of India and Southeast Asia

Art of India and Southeast Asia. The Great Stupa (Sanchi, India) completed first century CE Siddhartha Gautama/ Buddhism/ nirvana/ stupa/ path at the base of the dome/ symbols of the Buddha’s presence/ cosmic diagram of the world mountain/ toranas. Use of sensuous figures (yakshi).

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Art of India and Southeast Asia

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  1. Art of India and Southeast Asia

  2. The Great Stupa (Sanchi, India) completed first century CESiddhartha Gautama/ Buddhism/ nirvana/ stupa/ path at the base of the dome/ symbols of the Buddha’s presence/ cosmic diagram of the world mountain/ toranas

  3. Use of sensuous figures (yakshi)

  4. harmika/ yasti/chatras

  5. Roman copy of the omphalos from Delphi

  6. The Enlightenment from the west gateway of the Great Stupa (Sanchi, India), c. 50-25 BCE

  7. The Great Departure, the east gateway of the Great Stupa

  8. The Great Departure, the east gateway of the Great Stupa

  9. Interior of chaitya hall (Karli, India) c. 100

  10. Section (left) and plan (right) of chaitya hall at Karli

  11. Seated Buddha from Gandhara (Pakistan), 2nd to 3rd century, stonea new image of the Buddha/ bhakti/ dukha and the Four Noble Truths/ bodhisattvas/ lakshanas/ ushnisha/ urna/ three bodies of Buddha/ asceticism/ Greco-Roman influence

  12. The Four Great Miracles (Gandhara), 2nd century, schist

  13. Seated Buddha preaching the first sermon, from Sarnath (India) fifth century CEHalo and the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya/  Deer Park near Sarnath/ strong degree of abstract idealism found in the Gupta style/ mudra/ dharma/ long-lobed ears/ broad shoulders and thin waist/ image of a yaksha

  14. Left: Abhaya-mudra (granting protection to devotees and dispelling fear)Right: Varada-mudra (denotes a deity’s charity, or power to grant a wish or fulfill a vow)

  15. Left: Dhyana-mudra (denotes intense concentration during meditation)Right: Dharmacakra-mudra, the “turning of the Wheel of the Law” (gesture of teaching)

  16. Left: Vitarka-mudra (denotes exposition or argument, another form of teaching)Right: Vajra-mudra (symbolizes the supreme widsom of Adi-Buddha (Vairocana), especially in his Japanese manifestation as Dai Nichi; also symbolizes a mystical sexual union for Tantric adepts)

  17. Left: Bhumisparsha-mudra, or “touching the earth,” (most common in Thailand, a gesture made at the point of Enlightenment)Right: Anjali-mudra (symbol of supplication or adoration)

  18. Shiva as Mahadeva in rock-cut temple (Elephanta, India), sixth centuryShiva as Mahadeva/ three colossal faces with three different expressions

  19. Garbha griha at Elephantagarbha griha/ linga

  20. Vishnu Temple (Deogarh, India), early sixth centuryHinduism/ Brahma/ Vishnu/ use of Hindu temple as a residence for a god/ darsan/ purusha/ mandala/ more sculptural than architectural/ sikhara

  21. Vishnu Reclining on the Serpent of Eternity (Deogarh), early sixth century

  22. Vastupurushamandala32 padadevatas (divinities in the square borders)/ nakshatras/ Brahmasthana

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