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Page 190
... Buddha . This standing Buddha image , as seen in the Bala statue , is the standard Mathurā type , several examples of which are known . Along with this one , a similar , seated type developed , of which the best example is the splendid ...
... Buddha . This standing Buddha image , as seen in the Bala statue , is the standard Mathurā type , several examples of which are known . Along with this one , a similar , seated type developed , of which the best example is the splendid ...
Page 192
... Buddha's life and from the Jātaka stories , and these are the principal glory of the site . Two broad phases in the ... Buddha is represented in Andhradeśa by both sym- bolic and anthropomorphic forms . The iconographic for- mula ...
... Buddha's life and from the Jātaka stories , and these are the principal glory of the site . Two broad phases in the ... Buddha is represented in Andhradeśa by both sym- bolic and anthropomorphic forms . The iconographic for- mula ...
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... Buddha icons in Thai temples had to be as close in type as possible to a great original prototype that Buddhist tradition erroneously believed had been made during the lifetime of the Buddha ; in practice , this meant the types the ...
... Buddha icons in Thai temples had to be as close in type as possible to a great original prototype that Buddhist tradition erroneously believed had been made during the lifetime of the Buddha ; in practice , this meant the types the ...
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