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The Great Departure of Several Previous Buddha

Keywords : 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 : 94.98

History of productionPo Win Taung is the manmade caves full with paining and sculpture. More than one hundred caves in numbers, this cave was intended to be the meditative cells of the monks.
ArtNyaungyan mural is characterized by the red tone background and the devoid of perspective. The figure is so cartoon-liked and the space aroud thefiguer is filled by the motifs. The scenes are divided by the multi-arched cloud-liked edge. Sometime the narration are fixed be the elongate palm-leave-liked register.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodNyaungyan
Age16th-18th century A.D.
ReligionBuddhism
SectTheravada
Religion and beliefPrevious Buddha’s legends as mention in Buddhavamsa or other scriptures explicitly imitate the story of the historical Buddha. The episodes of the previous Buddha’s life, therefore, include the great departure and the cutting of the hair by the river. However, some details are different, such as the vehicle of the great departure.
Related artworkPrevious Buddha’s legends as mention in Buddhavamsa or other scriptures explicitly imitate the story of the historical Buddha. The episodes of the previous Buddha’s life, therefore, include the great departure and the cutting of the hair by the river. However, some details are different, such as the vehicle of the great departure.

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali