Upper layer of Reclining Buddha, Wofo yuan 臥佛院

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Upper layer of Reclining Buddha, Wofo yuan 臥佛院 Anderl, Christoph

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A group of statues located on the upper layer of the Reclining Buddha (Wofo 臥佛) at the Wofo yuan complex 臥佛院, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省, showing the assembly with scenes of the Buddha teaching before entering Nirvana. There are a total of 21 statues above the reclining Buddha. In the middle is a seated statue of Śākyamuni 2.3 meters high. There are two rows of statues on either side of this central figure. On the right side of the front row are statues of three disciples, a Bodhisattva, and a representation of Guhyapāda (Ch. Miji Jingang 密跡金剛). In this group it is paired with Nārāyaṇa (Ch. Naluoyna Jingang 那羅延金剛). To the left of the Buddha are statues of four disciples and one Bodhisattva. In the second row there are two additional disciples on either side of the Buddha. Adjacent to these figures are statues portraying Aṣṭasenā (Ch. Tianlong babu 天龍八部).

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Title	Upper layer of Reclining Buddha, Wofo yuan 臥佛院
Creator	Anderl, Christoph
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2019-05-22
Description	A group of statues located on the upper layer of the Reclining Buddha (Wofo 臥佛) at the Wofo yuan complex 臥佛院, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省, showing the assembly with scenes of the Buddha teaching before entering Nirvana. There are a total of 21 statues above the reclining Buddha. In the middle is a seated statue of Śākyamuni 2.3 meters high. There are two rows of statues on either side of this central figure. On the right side of the front row are statues of three disciples, a Bodhisattva, and a representation of Guhyapāda (Ch. Miji Jingang 密跡金剛). In this group it is paired with Nārāyaṇa (Ch. Naluoyna Jingang 那羅延金剛). To the left of the Buddha are statues of four disciples and one Bodhisattva. In the second row there are two additional disciples on either side of the Buddha. Adjacent to these figures are statues portraying Aṣṭasenā (Ch. Tianlong babu 天龍八部).
Subject	Anyue Buddhist site; Sichuan Buddhist Art; Wofo yuan; Buddhism; Stone carving; Reclining Buddha
Geographic Location	Sichuan Sheng (China); Anyue Xian (China); Wofo yuan (China); 30.30301554; 105.3168998
Type	Still Image
Language	zxx
Notes	Author Affiliation: Ghent University
Series	Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available	2023-03-22
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0428081
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/83958
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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Anderl_C_Upper_layer_reclining_Buddha_2_2019.JPG -- 12.88MB

Anderl_C_Upper_layer_reclining_Buddha_3_2019.JPG -- 13.07MB

Anderl_C_Upper_layer_reclining_Buddha_4_2019.JPG -- 13.63MB

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Anderl_C_Upper_layer_reclining_Buddha_7_2019.JPG -- 14.19MB

Anderl_C_Upper_layer_reclining_Buddha_8_2019.JPG -- 13.55MB

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