Dipankara Jataka (The Story of the Ascetic Megha and the Buddha Dipankara)

This sculpture depicts a Buddha gracefully standing on a shallow lotus pedestal, the Buddha likely the Buddha Sakyamuni (the Historical Buddha) though possibly the Buddha Dipankara...

Carved in gray limestone in Thailand in the seventh or early eighth century, this stone sculpture depicts the head of a Buddha, probably the Buddha Sakyamuni, the Historical Buddha...

This painting is composed of three vignettes from the Buddha’s life. The primary scene begins in the top right corner of the painting. It shows the Buddha ascended to the Trayas...

The central figure in this Tibetan Buddhist painting, or thangka, is Bhaisajyaguru—the buddha of healing and medicine known more commonly as the Medicine Buddha. Seated on an elabo...

The Asavari Ragini, is commonly represented by a female heroine (nayika) that charms snakes either through her dance or through her music. In this painting, the female figure sits ...

Beneath a gnarled tree, an ascetic sleeps with head on knees before a small, domed shrine. A small cook tends the fires beneath a pot in the foreground, and in the background a dis...