The Thousand BuddhasDESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF PICTURES FROM THE CAVES OF THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS AT TUN-HUANGReading editionChapter navigation50 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE THOUSAND BUDDHASPREFACETHE TUN-HUANG PAINTINGS AND THEIR PLACE IN BUDDHIST ARTDESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF PICTURES FROM THE CAVES OF THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS AT TUN-HUANGPLATES I, II THE PARADISE OF BHAIṢAJYAGURUPLATE III A CELESTIAL ASSEMBLAGEPLATES IV, V PROCESSIONS OF MAÑJUŚRĪ AND SAMANTABHADRAPLATE VI DETAILS FROM A PAINTING OF A BUDDHIST HEAVENPLATE VII THE PARADISE OF ŚĀKYAMUNIPLATE VIII AMITĀBHA’S PARADISEPLATE IX LEGENDARY SCENES FROM A PAINTING OF MAITREYA’S PARADISEPLATE X AMITĀBHA WITH ATTENDANTSPLATE XI A PARADISE OF AMITĀBHAPLATE XII SCENES FROM GAUTAMA BUDDHA’S LIFEPLATE XIII SCENES FROM THE BUDDHA LEGENDPLATE XIV IMAGES OF BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVASPLATE XV TWO FORMS OF AVALOKITEŚVARAPLATE XVI FOUR FORMS OF AVALOKITEŚVARAPLATE XVII AVALOKITEŚVARA IN GLORYPLATE XVIII AVALOKITEŚVARA STANDING, WITH WILLOW SPRAYPLATE XIX TWO AVALOKITEŚVARAS WITH THE WILLOW SPRAYPLATE XX AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH FLAME-WREATHED HALOPLATE XXI AVALOKITEŚVARA STANDINGPLATE XXII TWO AVALOKITEŚVARA PAINTINGS WITH DONORSPLATE XXIII SIX-ARMED AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH ATTENDANT BODHISATTVASPLATE XXIV TWO PAPER PAINTINGS OF AVALOKITEŚVARAPLATE XXV TWO PAINTINGS OF KṢITIGARBHAPLATE XXVI VAIŚRAVAṆA’S PROGRESSPLATE XXVII VIRŪPĀKṢA AND MAÑJUŚRĪPLATE XXVIII BUST OF A LOKAPĀLAPLATE XXIX TWO DHARMAPĀLAS AND A BODHISATTVAPLATE XXX SIDE-SCENES AND DETAILS FROM A BUDDHIST PARADISE PAINTINGPLATE XXXI A TIBETAN PAINTING OF TĀRĀPLATE XXXII PAPER PICTURES OF A BODHISATTVA, SAINT, AND MONKPLATE XXXIII PAPER PICTURES OF HERMIT AND HORSE-DRAGONPLATES XXXIV, XXXV EMBROIDERY PICTURE OF ŚĀKYAMUNI ON THE VULTURE PEAKPLATE XXXVI BHAIṢAJYAGURU’S PARADISEPLATE XXXVII BANNERS WITH SCENES FROM THE BUDDHA LEGENDPLATE XXXVIII BUDDHA TEJAḤPRABHA AND AVALOKITEŚVARA AS GUIDE OF SOULSPLATE XXXIX KṢITIGARBHA WITH THE INFERNAL JUDGESPLATE XL KṢITIGARBHA AS PATRON OF TRAVELLERSPLATE XLI AVALOKITEŚVARA AND TWO OTHER BODHISATTVASPLATE XLII AVALOKITEŚVARA, THOUSAND-ARMED, WITH ATTENDANT DIVINITIESPLATE XLIII AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH LOKAPĀLA ATTENDANTSPLATE XLIV FRAGMENT OF STANDING AVALOKITEŚVARAPLATE XLV VAIŚRAVAṆA CROSSING THE OCEANPLATE XLVI FRAGMENT WITH CHILD ON DEMON’S HANDPLATE XLVII THREE LOKAPĀLA BANNERSPLATE XLVIII FRAGMENT WITH FIGURE OF DEMONIC WARRIORINDEXPrevious chapter ←THE TUN-HUANG PAINTINGS AND THEIR PLACE IN BUDDHIST ARTNext chapter →PLATES I, II THE PARADISE OF BHAIṢAJYAGURUAll chapters and sections (50)THE THOUSAND BUDDHASPREFACETHE TUN-HUANG PAINTINGS AND THEIR PLACE IN BUDDHIST ARTDESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF PICTURES FROM THE CAVES OF THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS AT TUN-HUANGPLATES I, II THE PARADISE OF BHAIṢAJYAGURUPLATE III A CELESTIAL ASSEMBLAGEPLATES IV, V PROCESSIONS OF MAÑJUŚRĪ AND SAMANTABHADRAPLATE VI DETAILS FROM A PAINTING OF A BUDDHIST HEAVENPLATE VII THE PARADISE OF ŚĀKYAMUNIPLATE VIII AMITĀBHA’S PARADISEPLATE IX LEGENDARY SCENES FROM A PAINTING OF MAITREYA’S PARADISEPLATE X AMITĀBHA WITH ATTENDANTSPLATE XI A PARADISE OF AMITĀBHAPLATE XII SCENES FROM GAUTAMA BUDDHA’S LIFEPLATE XIII SCENES FROM THE BUDDHA LEGENDPLATE XIV IMAGES OF BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVASPLATE XV TWO FORMS OF AVALOKITEŚVARAPLATE XVI FOUR FORMS OF AVALOKITEŚVARAPLATE XVII AVALOKITEŚVARA IN GLORYPLATE XVIII AVALOKITEŚVARA STANDING, WITH WILLOW SPRAYPLATE XIX TWO AVALOKITEŚVARAS WITH THE WILLOW SPRAYPLATE XX AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH FLAME-WREATHED HALOPLATE XXI AVALOKITEŚVARA STANDINGPLATE XXII TWO AVALOKITEŚVARA PAINTINGS WITH DONORSPLATE XXIII SIX-ARMED AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH ATTENDANT BODHISATTVASPLATE XXIV TWO PAPER PAINTINGS OF AVALOKITEŚVARAPLATE XXV TWO PAINTINGS OF KṢITIGARBHAPLATE XXVI VAIŚRAVAṆA’S PROGRESSPLATE XXVII VIRŪPĀKṢA AND MAÑJUŚRĪPLATE XXVIII BUST OF A LOKAPĀLAPLATE XXIX TWO DHARMAPĀLAS AND A BODHISATTVAPLATE XXX SIDE-SCENES AND DETAILS FROM A BUDDHIST PARADISE PAINTINGPLATE XXXI A TIBETAN PAINTING OF TĀRĀPLATE XXXII PAPER PICTURES OF A BODHISATTVA, SAINT, AND MONKPLATE XXXIII PAPER PICTURES OF HERMIT AND HORSE-DRAGONPLATES XXXIV, XXXV EMBROIDERY PICTURE OF ŚĀKYAMUNI ON THE VULTURE PEAKPLATE XXXVI BHAIṢAJYAGURU’S PARADISEPLATE XXXVII BANNERS WITH SCENES FROM THE BUDDHA LEGENDPLATE XXXVIII BUDDHA TEJAḤPRABHA AND AVALOKITEŚVARA AS GUIDE OF SOULSPLATE XXXIX KṢITIGARBHA WITH THE INFERNAL JUDGESPLATE XL KṢITIGARBHA AS PATRON OF TRAVELLERSPLATE XLI AVALOKITEŚVARA AND TWO OTHER BODHISATTVASPLATE XLII AVALOKITEŚVARA, THOUSAND-ARMED, WITH ATTENDANT DIVINITIESPLATE XLIII AVALOKITEŚVARA WITH LOKAPĀLA ATTENDANTSPLATE XLIV FRAGMENT OF STANDING AVALOKITEŚVARAPLATE XLV VAIŚRAVAṆA CROSSING THE OCEANPLATE XLVI FRAGMENT WITH CHILD ON DEMON’S HANDPLATE XLVII THREE LOKAPĀLA BANNERSPLATE XLVIII FRAGMENT WITH FIGURE OF DEMONIC WARRIORINDEXBY AUREL STEIN◇← THE TUN-HUANG PAINTINGS AND THEIR PLACE IN BUDDHIST ARTPLATES I, II THE PARADISE OF BHAIṢAJYAGURU →