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Summary
Birth of the Buddha
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Title
Birth of the Buddha
Description
The historical Buddha known as Shakyamuni was born Prince Siddhartha around the end of the 400s BC near the border of what is today India and Nepal. His mother, Queen Maya, was traveling from her husband’s capital to her family home to give birth, but the baby came early and was born in a grove of shala trees.
The miraculous circumstances of his birth are related in a number of textual sources. They state that he emerged from her right side, so Queen Maya here is shown grasping the branch of a tree with her right hand raised, like a nature divinity. The baby was received by Indra, king of the gods and immediately he took seven steps. The figure at the lower right is Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. In works of Buddhist art, Hindu gods appear as subservient or inferior to the Buddha.
The Sanskrit inscription records a common Buddhist prayer of this period:
Phenomena arise from causes; The causes have been revealed by the Buddha, As have the means for their cessation; Thus has been declared by the Great Ascetic.
Date
800
Medium
Black chlorite
Dimensions
Overall: 46.4 x 27.3 x 11.4 cm (18 1/4 x 10 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
Native name
Cleveland Museum of Art
Location
Cleveland, United States of America
Coordinates
41° 30′ 32″ N, 81° 36′ 42″ W
Established
1913 (Officially opened in 1916)
Website
www.clevelandart.org
Authority file
: Q657415
VIAF: 125472356
ISNI: 0000000419367873
ULAN: 500209693
LCCN: n78087650
NLA: 35029027
WorldCat
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Indian and South East Asian Art
Accession number
1959.349
Place of creation
Northeastern India, Bengal, Pala dynasty (730-1197)
Credit line
John L. Severance Fund
Source/Photographer
https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.349
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