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Prince Siddhārtha on the night of the Great Departure. Gandhāra, 2nd–3rd century. After having taken a bath and having been adorned by a barber who was a deity in disguise, Prince Siddhārtha returned to the palace. [50] On his way back, he heard a song from a Kapilavastu woman called Kisā Gotami, [note 7] praising the prince's handsome ...
After leading a sheltered existence surrounded by luxury and pleasure in his younger years, Prince Siddhārtha ventured out of his palace for the first time at the age of 29. [2] [3] He set off from the palace to the city in a chariot, accompanied by his charioteer Channa (Sanskrit: Chandaka). [4]
Historian Wolfgang Schumann has argued that Prince Siddhārtha conceived Rāhula and waited for his birth, to be able to leave the palace with the king and queen's permission, [10] but Orientalist Noël Péri considered it more likely that Rāhula was born after Prince Siddhārtha left his palace. [11]
Siddhartha, a 1972 drama film by Conrad Rooks, an adaptation Hesse's novel. It stars Shashi Kapoor as Siddhartha, a contemporary of the Buddha. Little Buddha, a 1994 film by Bernardo Bertolucci, the film stars Keanu Reeves as Prince Siddhartha. [428] The Legend of Buddha, a 2004 Indian animated film by Shamboo Falke.
Bodh Gaya: (in the current Mahabodhi Temple, Bihar, India), is the religious site and place of pilgrimage, the Mahabodhi Temple houses what is believed to be a direct descendant of the Bodhi Tree where Prince Siddhārtha attained enlightenment (Nibbana) and became known as Gautama Buddha. [2]
Just before the prince left the palace for the spiritual life, he took one look at his wife Yaśodharā and his just-born child. Fearing his resolve might waver, Prince Siddhārtha resisted to hold his son and left the palace as he had planned. [9] Rāhula therefore became Prince Siddhārtha's first and only son. [15] [14]
After Prince Siddhartha left the palace, he cut his hair to signify his future life as an ascetic in search of enlightenment. After cutting his hair, the would-be Buddha took hold of his recently cut hairknot and declared "If I am to become a Buddha [an enlightened one], let them stay in the sky; but if not, let them fall to the ground".
Siddhārtha shown as a bejeweled prince (before Siddhārtha renounces palace life) is a common motif. [174] Stucco, as well as stone, were widely used by sculptors in Gandhara for the decoration of monastic and cult buildings. [174] [175] Buddhist imagery combined with some artistic elements from the cultures of the Hellenistic world.