Mogao Cave 428: Life of the Buddha - Parinirvana
Mogao Cave 428: Life of the Buddha - Parinirvana
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Northern Zhou dynasty
This mural is in the middle of the back (west) wall and is the earliest illustration at Dunhuang of the Buddha’s Parinirvana. Sakyamuni Buddha rests on his right side between sala trees at the city of Kushinagar. Both arms lie straight at his sides, and behind the Buddha are two rows of grieving figures. The front row is composed of monks with nimbuses, and the back row contains lay disciples, all with expressions of bereavement. Mahakasyapa kneels at the feet of the Buddha and is dressed in a white robe. Behind the disciples are four sala trees with flowers in full blossom.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, page 1210.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 428: Life of the Buddha - Parinirvana." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, vol. 8, 2016, pp. 1210.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mogao Cave 428: Life of the Buddha - Parinirvana" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, 8:1210.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mogao Cave 428: Life of the Buddha - Parinirvana. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S (Vol. 8, pp. 1210).
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