The hidden God. Some Remarks on Yama and the Protectors of the sacred Space in Buddhist Art

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2007

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HAL-SHS : histoire de l'art

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Centre pour la communication scientifique directe

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Yama Dead Ajanta Gaya (Bihar) Bihar Avalokitesvara krodha

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Cadavers Remains, Human Corpses Human remains Deceased

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Claudine Bautze-Picron, « The hidden God. Some Remarks on Yama and the Protectors of the sacred Space in Buddhist Art », HAL-SHS : histoire de l'art, ID : 10670/1.w3ye8m

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The image of Yama, god of the Dead, appears as an old cripple in the company of a beautiful young lady at the entrance of most caves of Ajanta in the 5th c. Old cripple and limping, this representation has been preserved till a later date, the 9th-10th c., in Bihar in a completely different setting, i.e. the iconography of Avalokiteshvara as rescuer of the souls lost in Yama's kingdom.

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