Mahakapi Jataka

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 loftiest Mahayanist Stupa in Indonesia. Constructed under the patronage of Mahayanist Shailendra dynasty. The Stupa was conceived in accordance with Mahayanist concept of Mandala or the microcosm. Every level represents the Bhumi or the spiritual level in Mahayana Buddhism. The lowest level represents Kamabhumi (the realm of desire) occupied by the story from Karmavibhanga or the story of desire-indulged people. The upper level is occupied by the narratives from Lalitavistara and Jatakas, the story of Shakyamuni as the representation of the transitional real between Kamabhumi and Rupabhumi. The top terrace is occupied by the narrative from Gandhavyuha, depicting the story of Sudhana who searched for the emancipation.
Art	The style of the narrative at Bodobudur closely resembles to that in Indian art, considering from the style of ornaments, the style of utensils, the volume of the figures as well as the arrangement of space.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Mid Central Javanese Art
Age	8th-9th Century A.D.
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Mahayana
Religion and belief	Jataka narratives locate at the balustrade of the 1st ambulatory path depicting the stories of the previous lives of the Master. Mahakapi jatak is the story of a monkey lord (Bodhisattva) who transformed his body to be a bridge for helping his retinues to across the river and to flee from the hunting of the king.

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