The Origin of the Buddha Image

A. D. Mathura Museum anthropomorphic B. C. Indian Museum Bhagavata Bhakti Bharhut Bodhgaya Bodhi-tree Bodhisattva Bodhisattva types Brahmā Brahmanical Buddha and Bodhisattva Buddha image Buddha type Buddhist art caitya Calcutta century B. C. Indian Ceylon Christian cult cult image deity dhyāna divinities early Indian art Early second century example Excavations fact Foucher Friar Bala's Bodhisattva Gandhāra gréco-bouddhique du Gandhara Gupta period Hindu iconography Indra inscription Jaina Jainism Jātaka Kadapha Kanişka king Kunst Kuṣāna L'art gréco-bouddhique later Laufer left hand Mahābhārata Maitreya Mathura Mathura Buddhas Mathurā types Maues mediaeval mudrā Nāga nimbus origin Padmapāņi railing referred regarded relief remarked representation represented rose lotus Sāñcī Sārnāth seance seated Buddha second century A. D. Serpent Worship significance Sirkap Siva standing figure stupa style stylistic symbols Tathāgata Taxila terra cottas third century A. D. tradition Tree and Serpent Ujjain coin uṣṇīṣa Vajrapāņi Vincent Smith Vişņu Vogel Yakşa Yakṣas