Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology
by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri | 2018 | 90,477 words
This page relates 鈥楻epresentation of Mahabhinishkramana art鈥� of the study on Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology, including museum exhibitions of the major archeological antiquities. These pages show how the Buddhist establishment of Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) survived from 4th century BCE to 14th century CE. It includes references and translations of episodes of Buddha鈥檚 life drawn from the Avadanas and Jatakas which are illustrated in Amaravati art.
Representation of 惭补丑腻产丑颈苍颈峁谤补尘补峁嘺 art
惭补丑腻产丑颈苍颈峁谤补尘补峁嘺 is an important event in the life of Buddha and is beautifully represented in several reliefs of the 础尘补谤腻惫补迟墨 repertoire. In case of the representation of 惭补丑腻产丑颈苍颈峁谤补尘补峁嘺, some similarity is visible in a relief from 础尘补谤腻惫补迟墨 and that of Pi峁璦lkhor膩. In this regard it may be added that in the Buddhist biographical literature the Great Departure of Buddha from Kapil膩vastu at the night of Rahula鈥檚 birth in search of truth is termed as 惭补丑腻产丑颈苍颈峁谤补尘补峁嘺. Coming to the depiction it may be stated that both the reliefs at 础尘补谤腻惫补迟墨 (Pl 40a) and Pi峁璦lkhor膩 (Pl 40b) display summarization of the episode. In addition to this technical similarity both 础尘补谤腻惫补迟墨 and Pi峁璦lkhor膩 reliefs show an ungainly figure of a groom. Resemblance is also visible in the inclusion of some architectural components in the reliefs. In this context the presence of gate with three lintels are chiseled in both the 惭补丑腻产丑颈苍颈峁谤补尘补峁嘺 depiction in Pi峁璦lkhor膩 and 础尘补谤腻惫补迟墨.