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The full gown worn by the Buddha on the coins, covering both shoulders, suggests a Gandharan model rather than a Mathuran one, and the style is clearly Hellenistic. Kanishka also issued other types of Buddhist coinage, representation a "Shakyamuni Buddha" standing and walking, as well as a seated "Maitreya Buddha".
The Kimbell seated Bodhisattva belongs to a type known as the "Kapardin" statue of the Buddha, characterized by a "Kapardin" coil of hair on the top of the head. The top of the statue was broken, and a full decorated aureola with flying attendants initially stood behind the image of the Buddha. [8]
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The meditation attitude, also known as meditating Buddha, is an attitude of Buddha in which the seated Buddha rests both upturned hands on his lap, the right hand usually on top. His eyes are closed. His eyes are closed.
File: Seated Buddha, British Museum 1.jpg. Add languages. ... Download as PDF; Printable version ... English: Seated Buddha from Gandhara. Object 41 of 100.
Fragment of a Buddha stele in the name of a "Kshatrapa lady" named Naṃda (Naṃdaye Kshatrapa), from the Art of Mathura. [8] [9] [10] The stele is dedicated to the Bodhisattva "for the welfare and happiness of all sentient beings for the acceptance of the Sarvastivadas". Northern Satraps period, 1st century CE.
The Buddha already has the attributes, if not the style, of the later "Kapardin" statues, except for the absence of a halo. [83] Buddhist "Indrasala architrave", with Buddha and Bodhi Tree in the center of each side, dated 50-100 CE, before the Kushan period. [82] [84] The Buddha is attended by Vedic deity Indra on the side of the Indrasala ...