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The Consecration of the Buddha after his First Preaching

Keywords : Buddha, Shailendra dynasty, Borobudur

Site common nameBorobudur
Type of artworkSculpture
Village-
Province/City-
StateCentral Java
CountryIndonesia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 7.607778
Long : 110.203611

History of productionBorobudur 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.
ArtSculpture 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.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodMid Central Javanese Art
Age13-15 centuries BE.
ReligionBuddhism
SectMahayana
Religion and beliefAfter the first sermon of the Buddha, his five disciples offer him a bath, which is a distintive feature of the first sermon in Mahayana. No such story appears in Theravada Buddhism. The bath may symbilises that the Buddha has been established as the king of the universe.

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