The Thousand Buddhas
- Subtitle
- Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-huang on the Western Frontier of China
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1. THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS2. PREFACE3. THE TUN-HUANG PAINTINGS AND THEIR PLACE IN BUDDHIST ART4. DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF PICTURES FROM THE CAVES OF THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS AT TUN-HUANG5. PLATES I, II THE PARADISE OF BHAIṢAJYAGURU6. PLATE III A CELESTIAL ASSEMBLAGE7. PLATES IV, V PROCESSIONS OF MAÑJUŚRĪ AND SAMANTABHADRA8. PLATE VI DETAILS FROM A PAINTING OF A BUDDHIST HEAVEN9. PLATE VII THE PARADISE OF ŚĀKYAMUNI10. PLATE VIII AMITĀBHA’S PARADISE11. PLATE IX LEGENDARY SCENES FROM A PAINTING OF MAITREYA’S PARADISE12. PLATE X AMITĀBHA WITH ATTENDANTS13. PLATE XI A PARADISE OF AMITĀBHA14. PLATE XII SCENES FROM GAUTAMA BUDDHA’S LIFE15. PLATE XIII SCENES FROM THE BUDDHA LEGEND16. PLATE XIV IMAGES OF BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS17. PLATE XV TWO FORMS OF AVALOKITEŚVARA18. PLATE XVI FOUR FORMS OF AVALOKITEŚVARA19. PLATE XVII AVALOKITEŚVARA IN GLORY20. PLATE XVIII AVALOKITEŚVARA STANDING, WITH WILLOW SPRAY21. PLATE XIX TWO AVALOKITEŚVARAS WITH THE WILLOW SPRAY22. PLATE XX AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH FLAME-WREATHED HALO23. PLATE XXI AVALOKITEŚVARA STANDING24. PLATE XXII TWO AVALOKITEŚVARA PAINTINGS WITH DONORS25. PLATE XXIII SIX-ARMED AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH ATTENDANT BODHISATTVAS26. PLATE XXIV TWO PAPER PAINTINGS OF AVALOKITEŚVARA27. PLATE XXV TWO PAINTINGS OF KṢITIGARBHA28. PLATE XXVI VAIŚRAVAṆA’S PROGRESS29. PLATE XXVII VIRŪPĀKṢA AND MAÑJUŚRĪ30. PLATE XXVIII BUST OF A LOKAPĀLA31. PLATE XXIX TWO DHARMAPĀLAS AND A BODHISATTVA32. PLATE XXX SIDE-SCENES AND DETAILS FROM A BUDDHIST PARADISE PAINTING33. PLATE XXXI A TIBETAN PAINTING OF TĀRĀ34. PLATE XXXII PAPER PICTURES OF A BODHISATTVA, SAINT, AND MONK35. PLATE XXXIII PAPER PICTURES OF HERMIT AND HORSE-DRAGON36. PLATES XXXIV, XXXV EMBROIDERY PICTURE OF ŚĀKYAMUNI ON THE VULTURE PEAK37. PLATE XXXVI BHAIṢAJYAGURU’S PARADISE38. PLATE XXXVII BANNERS WITH SCENES FROM THE BUDDHA LEGEND39. PLATE XXXVIII BUDDHA TEJAḤPRABHA AND AVALOKITEŚVARA AS GUIDE OF SOULS40. PLATE XXXIX KṢITIGARBHA WITH THE INFERNAL JUDGES41. PLATE XL KṢITIGARBHA AS PATRON OF TRAVELLERS42. PLATE XLI AVALOKITEŚVARA AND TWO OTHER BODHISATTVAS43. PLATE XLII AVALOKITEŚVARA, THOUSAND-ARMED, WITH ATTENDANT DIVINITIES44. PLATE XLIII AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH LOKAPĀLA ATTENDANTS45. PLATE XLIV FRAGMENT OF STANDING AVALOKITEŚVARA46. PLATE XLV VAIŚRAVAṆA CROSSING THE OCEAN47. PLATE XLVI FRAGMENT WITH CHILD ON DEMON’S HAND48. PLATE XLVII THREE LOKAPĀLA BANNERS49. PLATE XLVIII FRAGMENT WITH FIGURE OF DEMONIC WARRIOR50. INDEX