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Bodhisattva's Life: The Birth of Buddha, wall-painting, Cave II, Ajanta, 5th century AD

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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Upon being told that the Bodhisattva had been born in the Lumbini Garden for the salvation of the world, Asita, a sage dwelling in the Himalayas, hastened to Kapilavastu and asked Suddhodana to show him the child, whom he predicted would be a perfectly accomplished Buddha. He wept at the thought that he himself would not live long enough to hear his doctrine and advised his nephew, Naradatta, to become a disciple of Buddha.

Keywords

Buddhism, Background: Bodhisattva's life, Buddha's message, Growth of Buddhism, Buddhist Pantheon, architecture, murals, book scan

Citation

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/196111

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Basham Photographs

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Archives Series

Date created

1956

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This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.

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