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  • Illustrated Sinhalese covers (inside) showing the events between the Bodhisatta's renunciation and the request by Brahna Sahampati that he teach the Docrine after he becomes a Buddha.
  • Illustrated Sinhalese covers (inside) showing the events between the Bodhisatta's renunciation and the request by Brahna Sahampati that he teach the Docrine after he becomes a Buddha.
  • Kandy, Sri Lanka: the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall at the shrine of the tooth of the Buddha. Gouache by H. M. Paget, 1901, after S.P. Hall.
  • A Lohan (disciple of Buddha), seated on a rock beside an incense-burner (?), holding a tablet. Woodcut in the manner of an ink stone rubbing, China, 18--?.
  • A Lohan (disciple of Buddha), seated under a tree, holding prayer beads, with a small child at his side. Woodcut in the manner of an ink stone rubbing, China, 18--?.
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature showing the fourteen dreams of Queen trisata, wife of Siddhartha (Buddha), who now carries Mahavira in her womb.
  • (Left) Princess Yasodhara points to Prince Siddhattha, Bodhisatta performing feats of archery. (Right) The demonstration of the archery skills of Prince Siddhattha, showing three, (top right) of the twelve feats as in the Sarabhanga Jataka, one of the stories of the former lives of Buddha.
  • The god Narada descending from heaven to dispel evil doctrines (left). To his right a princess on the throne and, with two attendants, prays for help from heaven. This story of Nerada is one of the last ten birth tales of the Buddha's previous livess
  • Prince Siddhattha is shown travelling to a park in a palanquin drawn by courtiers and soldiers. On his way Prince Siddhattha, Bodhisatta, sees three signs of the four that would turn him into Buddha, an old man, a sick man and a corpse, and that lead to his renunciation of secular life.
  • Drawing: Mandala representing 8 medicine Buddhas.
  • The thirty-five Buddhas of confession, in Tibetan Tungshakchi Sangye Songa, with various mythological persons. Chromolithograph.
  • Nepal; town life in the Khumbu, 1986. Namche Bazar (altitude 3446 metres), a bustling and prosperous market town, is the largest Sherpa settlement in the Khumbu. Many of its Tibetan-style houses devote the ground floor to animal shelters while the family lives upstairs. Most have windows and doors at the front of the building only, the back being built into the side of the mountain. Firewood is stacked against walls, and small terraced fields grow staples (potatoes, barley, wheat). At left is a Buddhist shrine or stupa, on each side of which is painted the eyes of the Buddha. Prayer flags are strung out from its summit.
  • Prince Vessantara and his family live as hermits in separate temples. Watercolour.
  • The representative of the people of Jetuttara gives alms to the poor in the victualling rooms. Watercolour.
  • King Sanjaya redeems the children of Vessantara, paying to the brahmin the weight of the girl in gold. Watercolour.
  • The brahmin, sitting in a tree, keeps the children of Vessantara tied up all night, and in the morning takes them on the road. Watercolour.
  • Prince Vessantara leaves the life of a hermit and returns to the city. Watercolour.
  • Prince Vessantara offers an elephant to the seven brahmins from Kalinga. Watercolour.
  • The representative of the people of Jetuttara requests Prince Vessantara to leave the city. Watercolour.
  • The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.
  • China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: two Buddhist priests. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: two Buddhist priests. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Marguerite Agniel posing with her legs crossed and hands together resting on her legs.
  • Marguerite Agniel posing with her legs crossed and hands together resting on her legs.