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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure SSA-ind-047. The ophiocaude (serpent-tailed) nagas (morphologically similar to the Hellenistic-Roman tritons or ichthyocentaurs) among the group of devotees worshipping the Buddha Shakyamuni sitting under the protective foliated canopy (the middle and lower registers) and the Empty Throne (the upper register, possibly the Buddha's symbolic (aniconic) representation?). The iconographic program is probably inspired by the story of the Buddha Shakyamuni taming the naga at Uruvilva (Uruvela, Bodh Gaya, South Bihar), splitting and lighting the sacrificial fire-wood, taming the unseasonal inundation, and the consequent conversion of Jatilas (the community of one thousand Brahmanical renunciants who lived in a forest and practiced extreme forms of asceticism), the events described in the Kevatta Sutta, part of the Digha Nikaya (Collection of Long Discourses) of the Sutta Pitaka of the Tipitaka. |
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| Stone | High relief (Architectural panel (stele or tympanum?), carved decoration, detail) | Unknown | Kushan Empire, 100-200 AD |
TBD, North Pakistan/East Afghanistan (Gandhara) |
National Museum, New Delhi, Inven- tory № 48.3/40 |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Indian Expedition, 27 January - 6 March 2013). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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