The Thousand Buddhas: Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-huang on the Western Frontier of China
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THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
THE TUN-HUANG PAINTINGS AND THEIR PLACE IN BUDDHIST ART
DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF PICTURES FROM THE CAVES OF THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS AT TUN-HUANG
PLATES I, II THE PARADISE OF BHAIṢAJYAGURU
PLATE III A CELESTIAL ASSEMBLAGE
PLATES IV, V PROCESSIONS OF MAÑJUŚRĪ AND SAMANTABHADRA
PLATE VI DETAILS FROM A PAINTING OF A BUDDHIST HEAVEN
PLATE VII THE PARADISE OF ŚĀKYAMUNI
PLATE VIII AMITĀBHA’S PARADISE
PLATE IX LEGENDARY SCENES FROM A PAINTING OF MAITREYA’S PARADISE
PLATE X AMITĀBHA WITH ATTENDANTS
PLATE XI A PARADISE OF AMITĀBHA
PLATE XII SCENES FROM GAUTAMA BUDDHA’S LIFE
PLATE XIII SCENES FROM THE BUDDHA LEGEND
PLATE XIV IMAGES OF BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS
PLATE XV TWO FORMS OF AVALOKITEŚVARA
PLATE XVI FOUR FORMS OF AVALOKITEŚVARA
PLATE XVII AVALOKITEŚVARA IN GLORY
PLATE XVIII AVALOKITEŚVARA STANDING, WITH WILLOW SPRAY
PLATE XIX TWO AVALOKITEŚVARAS WITH THE WILLOW SPRAY
PLATE XX AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH FLAME-WREATHED HALO
PLATE XXI AVALOKITEŚVARA STANDING
PLATE XXII TWO AVALOKITEŚVARA PAINTINGS WITH DONORS
PLATE XXIII SIX-ARMED AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH ATTENDANT BODHISATTVAS
PLATE XXIV TWO PAPER PAINTINGS OF AVALOKITEŚVARA
PLATE XXV TWO PAINTINGS OF KṢITIGARBHA
PLATE XXVI VAIŚRAVAṆA’S PROGRESS
PLATE XXVII VIRŪPĀKṢA AND MAÑJUŚRĪ
PLATE XXVIII BUST OF A LOKAPĀLA
PLATE XXIX TWO DHARMAPĀLAS AND A BODHISATTVA
PLATE XXX SIDE-SCENES AND DETAILS FROM A BUDDHIST PARADISE PAINTING
PLATE XXXI A TIBETAN PAINTING OF TĀRĀ
PLATE XXXII PAPER PICTURES OF A BODHISATTVA, SAINT, AND MONK
PLATE XXXIII PAPER PICTURES OF HERMIT AND HORSE-DRAGON
PLATES XXXIV, XXXV EMBROIDERY PICTURE OF ŚĀKYAMUNI ON THE VULTURE PEAK
PLATE XXXVI BHAIṢAJYAGURU’S PARADISE
PLATE XXXVII BANNERS WITH SCENES FROM THE BUDDHA LEGEND
PLATE XXXVIII BUDDHA TEJAḤPRABHA AND AVALOKITEŚVARA AS GUIDE OF SOULS
PLATE XXXIX KṢITIGARBHA WITH THE INFERNAL JUDGES
PLATE XL KṢITIGARBHA AS PATRON OF TRAVELLERS
PLATE XLI AVALOKITEŚVARA AND TWO OTHER BODHISATTVAS
PLATE XLII AVALOKITEŚVARA, THOUSAND-ARMED, WITH ATTENDANT DIVINITIES
PLATE XLIII AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH LOKAPĀLA ATTENDANTS
PLATE XLIV FRAGMENT OF STANDING AVALOKITEŚVARA
PLATE XLV VAIŚRAVAṆA CROSSING THE OCEAN
PLATE XLVI FRAGMENT WITH CHILD ON DEMON’S HAND
PLATE XLVII THREE LOKAPĀLA BANNERS
PLATE XLVIII FRAGMENT WITH FIGURE OF DEMONIC WARRIOR
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