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Iconography of Gautama Buddha in Laos and Thailand

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Buddha's humility. (Gautama was originally a prince, who renounced the world to seek enlightenment, and his original robe was made from the shroud of a corpse.) The robe is sometimes shown as diaphanous, transparent or billowing mysteriously, suggesting the spiritual power emanating from the Buddha. Buddha images are often draped with real robes, which are renewed periodically, usually at major festivals. The Buddha may also be shown wearing royal attire, but this is uncommon.
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text of the 1st century BCE, gives a list of 32 physical attributes of the Buddha. Some of these are poetic or fanciful ("legs like an antelope's," "ankles like rounded shells"), while others are more specific: feet with level tread, projecting heels, long and slender fingers and toes, a tuft of hair
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Buddha images are not intended to be naturalistic representations of what Gautama Buddha looked like. There are no contemporary images of him, and the oldest Buddha images date from 500 to 600 years after his lifetime. But Buddhists believe that Buddha images represent an ideal reality of the Buddha,
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with specific rules. The Buddha is always represented with certain physical attributes, and in specified dress and specified poses. Each pose, and particularly the position and gestures of the Buddha's hands, has a defined meaning which is familiar to Buddhists. In other Buddhist countries, different
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position, became common in Thailand and Laos in the 16th century, and is now one of the most common representations of the Buddha in south-east Asian countries. It is sometimes interpreted as "Buddha teaching on reason." As artists wished to depict more of the specific incidents in the life of the
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As Buddhism spread from India to other countries, variations in the depiction of the Buddha evolved. This article describes the canon of Buddha representation in Thailand and Laos. This canon was not formalised until the 19th century, as part of the general project of "modernisation" that followed
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The Buddha is nearly always depicted wearing a monastic robe, of the type worn by Buddhist monks today. The robe may be shown as worn in the "covering mode" (draped over both shoulders) or in the "open mode" (leaving the right shoulder and breast uncovered). The robe is a representation of the
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In the early part of this period, the Buddha was usually shown giving a general gesture of benediction, with the right hand held at shoulder-height with the palm facing forward and the fingers together and slightly bent. By the end of the
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The current range of postures in which the Buddha may be shown, and the gestures which may be depicted, evolved over the first millennium of the Buddhist era (roughly 500 BCE to 500 CE), mainly in
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since it refers to a particular episode in the Buddha's life: his first sermon, when he "set the wheel (of his life's work) in motion." It can be used for both seated and standing images.
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is associated with a seated Buddha. It shows that the Buddha is disciplining his mind through mental concentration, a necessary step to achieving enlightenment.
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is usually associated with a standing Buddha. This position can signify either that the Buddha is granting blessings or receiving charitable offerings.
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between the eyebrows. Although it is not required that Buddha images reflect all of these attributes, many of them have acquired canonical status.
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For Buddhists, the correct depiction of the Buddha is not merely an artistic matter; Buddhists believe that a properly rendered Buddha image is a
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evolved, such as "Buddha holding an alms bowl", "Buddha receiving a mango" and Buddha performing various miracles. Many of these originated in
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the Buddhist world's encounter with Western civilisation. A key figure in this process was the Siamese royal prince and Buddhist monk
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in India. The new "Sarnath image type" or "Gupta period Buddhist image" differs from earlier Buddha images, such as those in
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Why do statues of Buddha have long earlobes? What's the difference between fat Buddha and regular Buddha? (2007)
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Brown, Robert L., pp. 318–319, "The Importance of Gupta-period Sculpture in Southeast Asian Art History", in
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and that every Buddha image stands at the end of a succession of images reaching back to the Buddha himself.
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position, with the fingers of the left hand resting in the palm of the right hand. This is a less common
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Standing: If standing, the Buddha may be shown either with his feet together, or with one foot forward
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The most important aspect of the iconography of the Buddha is gestures made with the hands, known as
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Untitled booklet, Khochone Keomanivong et al., Ho Phra Kaeo Museum, Viang Chan, Laos (undated)
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When creating a Buddha image, the artist is expected to be in a spiritual and mental state (
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Early Interactions Between South and Southeast Asia: Reflections on Cross-cultural Exchange
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are usually associated with a standing Buddha, but seated representations are not uncommon.
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Most curiously, the Buddha is said to have had a protuberance on the top of his skull, the
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Statue of "the Buddha preaching on reason," with the Buddha's hands in the double
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Sitting: If seated, the Buddha may be shown in one of three different positions
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in Bangkok and serve as templates for the creation of modern Buddhist imagery.
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The Life of the Buddha in 80 Scenes from the Ananda Temple, Bagan, Myanmar
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Statue of "the Buddha meditating." The Buddha's hands are in the
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in Indian art. Certain ones of these are considered particularly
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Over the centuries combinations and variations of these six
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and then spread to other parts of the Buddhist world.
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The Buddha may be depicted in one of four postures:
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earth to witness
Maravijaya Attitude
Haw Phra Kaew
Laos
Gautama Buddha
Laos
Thailand
episodes
travels and teachings
iconography
mudras
auspicious

hypostasis

Leela Buddha image
Wat Doi Suthep
India
Sarnath
Greco-Buddhist art
Gupta Empire
Sri Lanka

Leela attitude
Phutthamonthon
Paramanuchit Chinorot
Rama I
Wat Pho
Bangkok

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