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walking
Buddha
(Sukhothai) |
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Statues of a
walking Buddha
are an important artistic innovation from the
Sukhothai period.
The pose refers to the episode in the life of the
Buddha when, after preaching
to his mother in the Tavatimsa heaven, descended back to earth via a ladder,
accompanied by the gods
Brahma
and
Indra.
His mother stayed there after she passed away, seven days after giving birth
to the Buddha. |
