Stele depicting the eight major events in the life of Shakyamuni
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Orientation 3
Display 3
ABS 101
Code: ABS 101
Country: Burma (Myanmar)
Style: Possibly Pagan
Date: 1100 - 1200
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 5.4 x 8.3 x 2.4
Materials: Yellowish-beige stone known as "andagu"
Stele depicting the “eight major events in the life of Shakyamuni”:
1. his birth at Lumbini;
2. the defeat of Mara at Bodhgaya;
3. his first sermon at Sarnath;
4. the “miracle or great illusion” at Shravasti;
5. the descent from the Trayastrimsha heaven at Sankasya;
6. the taming of the wild elephant at Rajagrha;
7. the gift of honey by a monkey at Vaishali;
8. his death at Kushinagara.
1. his birth at Lumbini;
2. the defeat of Mara at Bodhgaya;
3. his first sermon at Sarnath;
4. the “miracle or great illusion” at Shravasti;
5. the descent from the Trayastrimsha heaven at Sankasya;
6. the taming of the wild elephant at Rajagrha;
7. the gift of honey by a monkey at Vaishali;
8. his death at Kushinagara.