Bodhgayā (बोधगया), Bihār. Inscription (INBG0001) on the narrow edges of the upper surface of a sandstone slab, the so-called vajrasāna (OBBG0001). Edition here that of Balogh in De Simone et al. (2020), see Concordance for bibliographic data.
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| Inscription ID | INBG0001 |
| Title | Bodhgaya vajrasana inscription on stone slab |
| Alternative titles | Bodhgayā (बोधगया), Bihār. Vajrāsana inscription on stone slab |
| Parent Object | OBBG0001 |
| Related Inscriptions | INBG00016 |
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| Author | Dániel Balogh |
| Print edition recorded by | Daniela De Simone |
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| Digitally edited by | Daniela De Simone |
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| Authority for | De Simone, D., Balogh, D., and Bretfeld (2020). 'The āsana: where the Buddha sat', in G. Hidas, S. van Schaik, D. De Simone, and M. Willis (eds.) Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne: Finds from the Site of the Buddha’s Enlightenment (London: British Museum Press, 2020). |
| Metadata recorded by | Daniela De Simone |
| Authority for metadata | De Simone, D., Balogh, D., and Bretfeld (2020). 'The āsana: where the Buddha sat', in G. Hidas, S. van Schaik, D. De Simone, and M. Willis (eds.) Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne: Finds from the Site of the Buddha’s Enlightenment. London: The British Museum Press (in press). |
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| Language | Prakrit |
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| Topic | vajrāsana |
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| Min | 0 |
| Max | 100 |
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| Description | Inscribed along the edges of the stone slab. |
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| Bibliography | |
| References | Cunningham, A. (1892). Mahâbodhi or the Great Buddhist Temple under the Bodhi Tree at Buddha-Gaya. London: W.H. Allen & Co., pp. 20, 58, pl. X 11. Lüders, H. (1912). A List of Brāhmi Inscriptions from the Earliest Times to about A.D. 400 with exceptions of those of Asoka. Epigraphia Indica 1909-10, vol. X, p. 97, n. 948. Barua, B. (1934). Gayā and Buddha-Gayā, vol. II. Calcutta: Indian Research Institute, p. 65. Tsukamoto, K. (1996). A comprehensive Study of the Indian Buddhist Inscriptions, part I. Kyoto: Heirakuji-shoten, p. 136, Bodh-Gayā 1. De Simone, D., Balogh, D., and Bretfeld, S. (2020). 'The āsana: where the Buddha sat', in G. Hidas, S. van Schaik, D. De Simone, and M. Willis (eds.) Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne: Finds from the Site of the Buddha’s Enlightenment. London: The British Museum Press (in press). |
| Add to bibliography | For a discussion of the stone slab see: Gupta, S.P. (1980). The Roots of Indian Art: A Detailed of the Formative (Mauryan and later Mauryan) Period of Indian Art, 300 B.C.–200 B.C. Delhi: B. R. Publishing Corporation. Asher, F. M. (1980). The Art of Eastern India, 300-800. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, p. 27. Huntington, S.L. with J.C. Huntington (1985). The Art of Ancient India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain. New York: Weatherhill, pp. 50-51. Falk, H. (2006). Aśokan Sites and Artefacts: A Source-book with Bibliography. Mainz am Rheim: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, pp. 284-286. Willis, M. (2016). ‘Bodhgayā: from tree to temple’, in: Modes of Representing Sacred Sites in East Asian Buddhist Art. Kyoto: The Institute for Research in Humanities. De Simone, D., Balogh, D., and Bretfeld (2020). 'The āsana: where the Buddha sat', in G. Hidas, S. van Schaik, D. De Simone, and M. Willis (eds.) Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne: Finds from the Site of the Buddha’s Enlightenment. London: The British Museum Press (in press). For a discussion of the term vajrāsana see: De Simone, D., Balogh, D., and Bretfeld, S. (2020). 'The āsana: where the Buddha sat', in G. Hidas, S. van Schaik, D. De Simone, and M. Willis (eds.) Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne: Finds from the Site of the Buddha’s Enlightenment. London: The British Museum Press (in press). |
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