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Images from the collections

Images about Buddhism

17 images from works
  • A Buddhist master (?) enthroned on an elephant, being presented with a sword-like object by a man and woman. Watercolour with gouache, China (?), 1750/1850?.
  • The torments of hell in Buddhism: two bearded demons burning six men alive. Lithograph.
  • A Chinese man taking an oath before a shrine to the god Paak-tai, while another man prepares to decapitate a cock. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • A Buddhist master (?) sitting on a chair under a tree, with books laid out on a table, while a young pupil kneels before him. Watercolour with gouache, China (?), 1750/1850?.
  • A Chinese procession of musicians, in honour of the god of spring. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • Buddhist monks sit with tea and sweets laid out in front of them.
  • Chinese dog and cat restaurant: diners are shown eating at a table on the first floor, while food is seen being prepared in the kitchen below. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • A man (a Buddhist monk?) sitting cross-legged wearing robes and beads and holding a bell. Photograph, 1910/1930.
  • A Chinese procession in honour of the god of spring: a Mandarin is shown being carried in a sedan chair. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • Two men burning a man alive; three men cutting a man's limbs; a man about to cut a man's head with an axe. Lithograph.
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Works from the collections

209 works

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    When did the Buddha live? : the controversy on the dating of the historical Buddha selected papers based on a symposium held under the auspices of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen / edited by Heinz Bechert.

    | Date: 1995
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    Sketches from Nipal : historical and descriptive, with anecdotes of the court life and wild sports of the country in the time of Maharaja Jang Bahadur, G. C. B / to which is added an essay on Nipalese Buddhism and illus. of religious monuments, architecture, and scenery, from the author's own drawings.

    Oldfield, Henry Ambrose. | Date: 1880 [i.e. 1881]
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    Catalogue of the Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts in the University library, Cambridge : with introductory notices and illustrations of the palæography and chronology of Nepal and Bengal / by Cecil Bendall.

    Cambridge University Library. | Date: 1883
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    Early Buddhist monachism / Sukumar Dutt.

    Dutt, Sukumar, 1891- | Date: 1984
    • Manuscripts

    [Phra Malai].

    | Date: 18th century
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Related topics

India
Tibet
Religion and Medicine
Ancient
China
Buddha (The concept)
Dge-lugs-pa (Sect)
Literature
Medicine, Ayurvedic
Jainism

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