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Life of the Buddha

Two flying goddesses wait to take the locks of hair in order to build a st?pa around them, represented on the right-hand side of the medallion (Fig. 1n in Orientations).

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Life of the Buddha

Scene 36: After Chandaka returns with the horse Kanthaka, the grieving women of the palace surround the horse.

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Life of the Buddha

The grieving women surrounding the returned horse.

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Life of the Buddha

Three of the grieving women.

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Life of the Buddha

Scene 37: In his quest for enlightenment the Bodhisattva first practises extreme asceticism.

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Life of the Buddha

Scene 37: In his quest for enlightenment the Bodhisattva first practises extreme asceticism.

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Life of the Buddha

His body becomes completely emaciated.

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Life of the Buddha

As he did not succeed with asceticism he decides to practise another kind of meditation and to take food again.

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Life of the Buddha

Scene 38: In a cemetery, he takes the clothes of a deceased girl to make himself a robe (Fig. 1o in Orientations).

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