[INDOLOGY] AMARAVATI STUPA

[Andrew Ollett]

Yes, I am pretty sure this is from the "new" temple at Amaravati, with a
big sitting Buddha on top of it.
On Jun 24, 2016 4:33 PM, "Jonathan Silk" <kauzeya at gmail.com> wrote:

> I hope I will be excused for saying that I wonder whether this is really
> from Amaravati; the condition seems extraordinary without a single even
> slight chip. Moreover, the surface, in the photo, looks rather much more
> like clay than stone. I may of course be wrong, but I'm suspicious of it
> even being old at all.
>
> Jonathan Silk
>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Matthew Kapstein <mkapstei at uchicago.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> This is pure speculation, but I imagine it that it could be the scene of
>> the enlightened
>> Buddha's receiving the honor of Kapilavastu when he returns to preach in
>> his native land.
>> This is described, for instance, in AśvaghoSa's Saundarananda. But it may
>> be another
>> similar theme of the Buddha being honored by lay devotees elsewhere.
>>
>> Matthew Kapstein
>> Directeur d'études,
>> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
>>
>> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
>> The University of Chicago
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