Buddha Scenes

Marvelous Stone Scriptures from Ananda Temple of Pagan
(Duroiselle, Charles; Archaeological Survey of India, Annual Report, Delhi, 1913-1914. )

1. The Devas request Setaketu in Tusita.
2. Sleep of Maya, the Buddha’s mother.
3. The four Maharajas carrying the Buddha’s mother to Himava.
4. The Buddha’s mother is bathed in Anotatta Lake.
5. The Buddha’s mother has her hair tied and adorned.
6. The Buddha’s mother sleeps on a divine couch.
7. Conception, the dream of the white elephant.
8. Queen Maya tells her dream to her husband.
9. The pregnant Queen is guarded by the four great kings.
10. The Queen asks for the King’s permission to visit her parents.
11. Queen Maya is carried on a litter en route to her parent’s home.
12. The Nativity: Queen Maya gives birth in Lumpini Park.
13. Four Brahmas receive the Buddha child in a gold net.
14. The Lords of the Four Directions receive the child on a black leopard skin.
15. Two men receive the child on a fine white cloth.

(to be continued….)