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English: Great Departure of Gautama Buddha. Included in Grunweedel, A. (1901), "Buddhist Art in India". London: Bernard Quaritch, pp.102-103. The description says: "The Bodhisattva leaving his father's palace ... an outline sketch of a beautifully finished, though mechanically composed representation from the Siamese Trai-p'um book, painted for King P'aya-tak about 1780 AD. Indra leads the horse, four yakshas bear his feet, Channa holds firmly by the tail, Brahma (of Hindu type) follows with an umbrella, the Vedas and drinking vessel. Before the group stands Mara represented as the prince of demons.
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Source https://archive.org/details/buddhistartinind00grun/page/102
Author Berlin Museum

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Great Departure of Gautama Buddha, 18th century, Thailand

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