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  2. Buddhist art - Wikipedia

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    Buddhist art is visual art produced in the context of Buddhism. It includes depictions of Gautama Buddha and other Buddhas and bodhisattvas, notable Buddhist figures both historical and mythical, narrative scenes from their lives, mandalas, and physical objects associated with Buddhist practice, such as vajras, bells, stupas and Buddhist temple ...

  3. Samadhi Statue - Wikipedia

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    Samadhi Statue. Coordinates: 8°22′12″N 80°23′53″E. Samadhi Buddha statue at Mahamevnāwa Park in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The Samadhi Buddha is a famous statue situated at Mahamevnāwa Park in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The Buddha is depicted in the position of the Dhyana Mudra, the posture of meditation associated with his first ...

  4. Wallpaper (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Wallpaper (computing) A wallpaper or background (also known as a desktop background, desktop picture or desktop image on computers) is a digital image (photo, drawing etc.) used as a decorative background of a graphical user interface on the screen of a computer, smartphone or other electronic device. On a computer, wallpapers are generally ...

  5. Buddhas and bodhisattvas in art - Wikipedia

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    Buddhas and bodhisattvas in art. Relief depicting the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, Plaosan temple, Java, 9th-century. The many different varieties of Buddhist art often show buddhas and bodhisattvas, as well as depictions of the historical Buddha, known as Gautama Buddha (or Siddhārtha Gautama, Śākyamuni, or Tathāgata ).

  6. Bliss (photograph) - Wikipedia

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    Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is an unedited photograph of a green hill and blue sky with white clouds in the Los Carneros American Viticultural Area of Wine Country, California. Charles O'Rear took the photo in January 1996 and Microsoft bought the rights ...

  7. Buddha in art - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Much Buddhist art uses depictions of the historical Buddha, Gautama Buddha, which are known as Buddharūpa ( lit. 'Form of the Awakened One') in Sanskrit and Pali. These may be statues or other images such as paintings. The main figure in an image may be someone else who has obtained Buddhahood, or a boddhisattva, especially in the ...

  8. Ushiku Daibutsu - Wikipedia

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    statue: 100 m (330 ft) including base: 120 m (390 ft) Completion date. 1993. Ushiku Daibutsu (牛久大仏) is a statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 metres (390 ft) tall, including the 10 m (33 ft) base and 10 m lotus platform. The statue held the record for the tallest statue from ...

  9. Windows DreamScene - Wikipedia

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    Windows Dreamscene at the Wayback Machine (archived 10/18/2009) Windows DreamScene is a utility that allows videos of the .wmv and .mpg format and other optimized animations to be used as desktop wallpapers. It is one of the many Windows Ultimate Extras offered for Ultimate editions of Windows Vista. [1]