[INDOLOGY] AMARAVATI STUPA

[Lubomir Ondracka]

Of course, Jonathan, you are right, it is clear at first sight. 
This is a modern replica (and not very faithful to the original Amaravati artistic style).
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/an-apt-gift-for-buddha-purnima/article277961.ece

Lubomir


On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:31:00 +0200
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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