Victory of the Buddha over Mara

Site common name	Borobudur
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Village	-
Province/City	-
State	Central Java
Country	Indonesia
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 7.607778 Long : 110.203611

History of production	Borobudur is the largest Mahayana stupa in Indonesia built by Sailen dynasty, It was built as a replica of the Mahayan universe. Sculpture is each floor represents worlds in Buddhism. At the bottom, there is a Kama World craved according to Kamvipang Scriptures related to the good acts of humans. Above this is the sculpture craved according to Lalitvistara and๋ Jataka which represent Sirsakaymunee. The is the transition between Kama world and physical world. On top of this, there is a sculpture craved according to Kantavayuvasut scripture showing the story of Suthon seeking for extrication which is in line with the physoical world.
Art	Sculpture at Borobudur is very similar to Indian art in terms of the costumes, appliance, round characters and empty space. All of these show that central Java is related to Indian art.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Mid Central Javanese Art
Age	13-15 centuries BE.
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Mahayana
Religion and belief	The victory of Buddha over Mara before his enlighthenment is one of the most powerful scenes in Borobuder. The Buddha is in the middle in subduing mara attitude which he calls the goddess of earth to witness. At the bottom is the goddess of earth holding a pot. Mara army are on both sides firing flower arrows to the Buddha. The flowers arrow may represent that the great mara is the cupid of Hindusim who uses flower arrows.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-07-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali