Karachi: Life of the Buddha - Birth of Prince Siddhartha
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Karachi: Life of the Buddha - Birth of Prince Siddhartha
PAKISTAN, Sindh, Karachi
Unearthed from Karachi in Sindh, the relief depicts Queen Maya giving birth to Prince Siddhartha. The queen stands sinuously at the center, holding onto a branch of the asoka tree with her right hand. She is supported by her sister, Mahaprajapati, who stands to the right. The newly-born Prince Siddhartha stands below, next to his mother. Sakra is on the queen’s left, with a towel over his arm to dry the young prince. Behind him, a turbaned deity with a mustache raises his hand to his mouth while heavenly beings play their instruments above. On the right side of the relief, ladies-in-waiting attend the queen with water jars and fans.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 524.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Karachi: Life of the Buddha - Birth of Prince Siddhartha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 524.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Karachi: Life of the Buddha - Birth of Prince Siddhartha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:524.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Karachi: Life of the Buddha - Birth of Prince Siddhartha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 524).
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