EditorialAlbum of Thirty-Two Triptychs of Polychrome Woodblock Prints by Various Artists, Meiji period (1868?1912), 1883?86, Japan, Album of thirty-two triptychs of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Each, H. 14 in. (35.6 cm); W., 9 1/4 in. (2...
EditorialScenes from the life of the Buddha. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c.1800-1820. The future Buddha practices austerities in the jungle (on left); and receives the offfering of milk & rice from Sujata (far right). From a Burmese folding book. Image take...
EditorialRāva?a's younger brother Mattānika, also known as Mahāpār?va, is attacked in his chariot by the monkey ??abha and slain with the mace which he has wrested from him. Lak?ma?a then slays another of Rāva?a's sons, Atikāya; his head is s...
EditorialParsvanatha's Austerities: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, 15th century, India (Gujarat), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Overall: 4 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (11.1 x 25.7 cm), Paintings, Parsvanatha, the twenty-third jina, is standing in a body-...
EditorialScenes from the life of the Buddha. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c.1800-1820. The future Buddha practices austerities in the jungle (on left); and receives the offfering of milk & rice from Sujata (far right). From a Burmese folding book. Image take...
EditorialRāva?a's younger brother Mattānika, also known as Mahāpār?va, is attacked in his chariot by the monkey ??abha and slain with the mace which he has wrested from him. Lak?ma?a then slays another of Rāva?a's sons, Atikāya; his head is s...
EditorialScenes from the life of the Buddha. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c.1800-1820. The future Buddha practices austerities in the jungle (on left); and receives the offfering of milk & rice from Sujata (far right). From a Burmese folding book. Image take...
EditorialRāva?a's younger brother Mattānika, also known as Mahāpār?va, is attacked in his chariot by the monkey ??abha and slain with the mace which he has wrested from him. Lak?ma?a then slays another of Rāva?a's sons, Atikāya; his head is s...
EditorialAlbum of Thirty-Two Triptychs of Polychrome Woodblock Prints by Various Artists, Meiji period (1868?1912), 1883?86, Japan, Album of thirty-two triptychs of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Each, H. 14 in. (35.6 cm); W., 9 1/4 in. (2...
EditorialParsvanatha's Austerities: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, 15th century, India (Gujarat), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Overall: 4 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (11.1 x 25.7 cm), Paintings, Parsvanatha, the twenty-third jina, is standing in a body-...
EditorialShalibhadra Performing Austerities: Folio from a Shalibhadra Manuscript, ca. 1725, India (Gujarat), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, Image: 7 1/8 ? 4 5/8 in. (18.1 ? 11.7 cm), Paintings, In the upper register, the Jain Shalibhadra, born to great wea...
EditorialSchist head of the fasting Buddha, Pakistan, 2nd-3rd CE. It captures the time when the Buddha pursued austerities. He then realized that the "Middle Way", a more moderate life of meditation and moral conduct led to nirvana. This "Middle Way" is sti...