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The Thousand Buddhas

The Thousand Buddhas

by Sir Aurel Stein

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Author
Stein, Aurel, Sir, 1862-1943
Title
The Thousand Buddhas Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-huang on the Western Frontier of China
Original Publication
United Kingdom: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd.,1921.
Credits
Ronald Grenier
Language
English
LoC Class
ND: Fine Arts: Painting
Subject
Dunhuang (China) -- Antiquities
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 67358
Release Date
February 8, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS
  2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS
  3. 3.PREFACE
  4. 4.THE TUN-HUANG PAINTINGS AND THEIR PLACE IN BUDDHIST ART
  5. 5.DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF PICTURES FROM THE CAVES OF THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS AT TUN-HUANG
  6. 6.PLATES I, II THE PARADISE OF BHAIṢAJYAGURU
  7. 7.PLATE III A CELESTIAL ASSEMBLAGE
  8. 8.PLATES IV, V PROCESSIONS OF MAÑJUŚRĪ AND SAMANTABHADRA
  9. 9.PLATE VI DETAILS FROM A PAINTING OF A BUDDHIST HEAVEN
  10. 10.PLATE VII THE PARADISE OF ŚĀKYAMUNI
  11. 11.PLATE VIII AMITĀBHA’S PARADISE
  12. 12.PLATE IX LEGENDARY SCENES FROM A PAINTING OF MAITREYA’S PARADISE
  13. 13.PLATE X AMITĀBHA WITH ATTENDANTS
  14. 14.PLATE XI A PARADISE OF AMITĀBHA
  15. 15.PLATE XII SCENES FROM GAUTAMA BUDDHA’S LIFE
  16. 16.PLATE XIII SCENES FROM THE BUDDHA LEGEND
  17. 17.PLATE XIV IMAGES OF BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS
  18. 18.PLATE XV TWO FORMS OF AVALOKITEŚVARA
  19. 19.PLATE XVI FOUR FORMS OF AVALOKITEŚVARA
  20. 20.PLATE XVII AVALOKITEŚVARA IN GLORY
  21. 21.PLATE XVIII AVALOKITEŚVARA STANDING, WITH WILLOW SPRAY
  22. 22.PLATE XIX TWO AVALOKITEŚVARAS WITH THE WILLOW SPRAY
  23. 23.PLATE XX AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH FLAME-WREATHED HALO
  24. 24.PLATE XXI AVALOKITEŚVARA STANDING
  25. 25.PLATE XXII TWO AVALOKITEŚVARA PAINTINGS WITH DONORS
  26. 26.PLATE XXIII SIX-ARMED AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH ATTENDANT BODHISATTVAS
  27. 27.PLATE XXIV TWO PAPER PAINTINGS OF AVALOKITEŚVARA
  28. 28.PLATE XXV TWO PAINTINGS OF KṢITIGARBHA
  29. 29.PLATE XXVI VAIŚRAVAṆA’S PROGRESS
  30. 30.PLATE XXVII VIRŪPĀKṢA AND MAÑJUŚRĪ
  31. 31.PLATE XXVIII BUST OF A LOKAPĀLA
  32. 32.PLATE XXIX TWO DHARMAPĀLAS AND A BODHISATTVA
  33. 33.PLATE XXX SIDE-SCENES AND DETAILS FROM A BUDDHIST PARADISE PAINTING
  34. 34.PLATE XXXI A TIBETAN PAINTING OF TĀRĀ
  35. 35.PLATE XXXII PAPER PICTURES OF A BODHISATTVA, SAINT, AND MONK
  36. 36.PLATE XXXIII PAPER PICTURES OF HERMIT AND HORSE-DRAGON
  37. 37.PLATES XXXIV, XXXV EMBROIDERY PICTURE OF ŚĀKYAMUNI ON THE VULTURE PEAK
  38. 38.PLATE XXXVI BHAIṢAJYAGURU’S PARADISE
  39. 39.PLATE XXXVII BANNERS WITH SCENES FROM THE BUDDHA LEGEND
  40. 40.PLATE XXXVIII BUDDHA TEJAḤPRABHA AND AVALOKITEŚVARA AS GUIDE OF SOULS
  41. 41.PLATE XXXIX KṢITIGARBHA WITH THE INFERNAL JUDGES
  42. 42.PLATE XL KṢITIGARBHA AS PATRON OF TRAVELLERS
  43. 43.PLATE XLI AVALOKITEŚVARA AND TWO OTHER BODHISATTVAS
  44. 44.PLATE XLII AVALOKITEŚVARA, THOUSAND-ARMED, WITH ATTENDANT DIVINITIES
  45. 45.PLATE XLIII AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH LOKAPĀLA ATTENDANTS
  46. 46.PLATE XLIV FRAGMENT OF STANDING AVALOKITEŚVARA
  47. 47.PLATE XLV VAIŚRAVAṆA CROSSING THE OCEAN
  48. 48.PLATE XLVI FRAGMENT WITH CHILD ON DEMON’S HAND
  49. 49.PLATE XLVII THREE LOKAPĀLA BANNERS
  50. 50.PLATE XLVIII FRAGMENT WITH FIGURE OF DEMONIC WARRIOR
  51. 51.INDEX
  52. 52.Footnotes

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