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The Elephant in Gautam Buddha’s Life, Jatakas and their Depiction in Sculptures and Paintings

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dc.contributor.author Mudgal, K.
dc.contributor.author Joshi, Y.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-08-25T05:48:53Z
dc.date.available 2016-08-25T05:48:53Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Mudgal, K. and Joshi, Y. 2016. The Elephant in Gautam Buddha’s Life, Jatakas and their Depiction in Sculptures and Paintings. In: International Conference on Asian Elephants in Culture & Nature, 20th – 21st August 2016, Anura Manatunga, K.A.T. Chamara, Thilina Wickramaarachchi and Harini Navoda de Zoysa (Eds.), (Abstract) p 92, Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 180 pp. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-955-4563-85-8
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/14106
dc.description.abstract There were two major events in Gautam Buddha’s life in which the elephant had a prominent role. The first event was related to Gautam Buddha’s birth and the second one was his miracle at Rajgriha. Jatakas are the stories of previous births of Gautam Buddha. Before he received the Bodhi (Great Enlightenment) he was born in many births in different forms like a king, elephant, monkey, etc. After passing through these various births finally he was Enlightened. In these Jatakas, Gautam Buddha appears as a Bodhisatva. These Jataka stories are used by Gautam Buddha’s disciple to spread their Dhamma. There are a lot of Jataka stories in which Bodhisatva had been born as an elephant or an elephant is the main character in those stories. These two events in Gautam Buddha’s life and Jataka tales are depicted in the forms of sculptures and paintings at many Buddhist monuments in India as well as countries where Bauddha Dhamma reached like Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Siam etc. In this paper we shall take a collective review of various art forms where the above mentioned stories are used as themes. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Buddha en_US
dc.subject Jatakas en_US
dc.subject Bodhisatva en_US
dc.subject Elephant en_US
dc.title The Elephant in Gautam Buddha’s Life, Jatakas and their Depiction in Sculptures and Paintings en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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