Name of the Museum /Institution
संग्रहालय/संस्था का नाम
Archaeological Survey of India, Bhopal Circle
Reference Number / संदर्भ संख्या
GM-BCP-MP-1407780
Title/ Name of Object
वस्तु का शीर्षक/नाम
Buddha
Type of Object / वस्तु की किस्म
Sculpture - प्रतिमा
Dynasty /वंश
Pratihara - प्रतिहार
Period / तारीख/युग
C. 8th - 9th Cent. CE
Style / शैली
Pratihara - प्रतिहार
Provenance / उद्गम/क्षेत्र
Dhekinath Buddhist Stupa, Gyaraspur, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
Material / सामग्री
Buff Sandstone - पांडु बलुआ पत्थर
Sub Material / उप.सामग्री
Location at the Museum / संग्रहालय में कहा पर अवस्थित है।
Sculpture Shed
State/UT
राज्य/संघ राज्य क्षेत्र
Madhya Pradesh
Measurement/Weight
माप/वजन
Length(cm) / लंबाई
.
Width(cm) / चौड़ाई
110
Height(cm) / ऊंचाई
160
Weight(gm) / भार
.
Diameter(cm) /व्यास
Thickness(cm)/मोटाई
40
Depth(cm) /गहराई
Description / विवरण
Description / विवरण
Image of lord Buddha carved on a heavy stone slab seated in Padmasana in Dhyanamudra on a platform. On both sides of the Buddha image, two attendants are shown standing on separate platforms in tribhanga. The right-side attendant is holding a fly whisk in his right hand and a stalk of lotus flower in his left hand. The left-side attendant is holding a fly whisk in his right hand and a pot-like object in his left hand. Buddha s image is shown with hair in ringlets with Ushnisa. the attendant s hair is bound with a figure of Dhyani Buddha in front. Below the platform of the image, two lions are shown seated facing the opposite direction and a deer and wheel are in the centre. The left side of the lion is very badly mutilated and broken which is mended by Araldite. The left knee of the buddha image, the fly whisk of the right-side attendant and both the hands and fly whisk of the left-side attendant is damaged. the faces of the Buddha image and attendants are defaced. At the bottom of the platform (below the lion) an inscription is carved, which is damaged.
Identification Marks /
पहचान चिन्ह
Identification Mark Images / पहचान चिन्ह का छायाचित्र
Condition / वस्तु की अवस्था
Condition Description / स्थिति का विवरण
There are signs of mending on the platform below the Buddha.