Gandavyuha Sutra Narrative

Keywords : Shailendra dynasty, Borobudur

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.
Art period	Mid Central Javanese Art
Age	13-15 centuries BE.
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Mahayana
Religion and belief	Gandavyuha Sutra narrative is an important scripture in Mahayan Buddhism. It tells the story of Suthon who seeks for conduct of Bodhisattava. He seeks for teachers to guide him to the way of becoming Bodhisattava. His 55 teachers are called “good friends”. His friends include Manchisri, Bodhisattava of wisdom, Avalogitesavara, Bodhisattava of mercy, Maitreya, the future Buddha, and Samantrapat, Bodhisattava of practice and Dhamma. This picture is of Manchisri, Bodhisattava of wisdom and who holds lotus in his hand. talking to Suthon about Dhrama.

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