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Deities and Monks attaining the Buddha during his Demise

Keywords : Buddha, Life of Buddha, Po Win Daung Cave

Site common namePo Win Daung Cave
Type of artworkPainting
Village-
Province/CityMonywa
StateSagaing
CountryMyanmar
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 22.045833
Long : 94.985

History of productionPo Win Daung Cave was built by human through excavating through moutains. There are several hundreds of them. A Buddhs inage is enshrined in each cave and the cave is painted with paintings. These caves were meditation place for monks before.
ArtPaintings in Nyongyan period use hot-shading color with some green color in the picture. There is no landscape. The drawings are simple similar to drawing cartoons in the present time. Each picture is seperated by connected curves called “Sintao”. Empty space is filled with flora patterns.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodNyaungyan
Age22th-23th Century BE.
ReligionBuddhism
SectTheravada
Religion and beliefWhen the Lord Buddha was attaining nirvana, many disciples and gods came to see him at Salavanothayan forest. According to story told in Mahaparinippan in Suttantapidok, some disciples were maoning and crying, but those who have been enlighthened were very calm because they understood the essence of life.

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-07-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali