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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure SSA-ind-068. Scene from the Vidhurapandita Jataka: The anthropomorphic nagaraja Varuna (the symbolic pre-figuration of Sariputta (Shariputra), the foremost in wisdom, one of the future Buddha Shakyamuni's chief disciples and arhats) sporting the septacephalic cobra hood with the cranial gemstones accompanied by his anthropomorphic nagini consort Vimala sporting the tricephalic cobra hood with the cranial gemstones and their daughter, anthropomorphic nagini Irandati sporting the monocephalic cobra hood and sitting on a rope swing with her potential bridegroom yaksha Punnaka standing beside. |
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Artist/Workshop: | Historical/Art Period, Date: |
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| Polychrome paint, plaster, flood basalt | Wall painting (Vihara, right (south-east) wall, painted decoration, detail, in situ) |
Unknown | Vakataka Empire, Harishena (r. 475- 500 AD), 460-480 AD |
Ajanta Cave Com-plex, Maharashtra, Central India | Cave 2 |
| 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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