Reclining Buddha
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A reclining Buddha is a statue that represents Buddha lying down and is a major iconographic and statuary pattern of Buddhism. It represents the historical Buddha during his last illness, about to enter the parinirvana[citation needed]. He is lying on the right flank, his head resting on a cushion or relying on his right elbow, supporting his head with his hand. After the Buddha's death, his followers decide to build a statue of him lying down. They first build the Reclining Buddha statue inside of the Wat Pho Temple then decades later; they start making the sculpture everywhere in South East Asia.
This pattern seems to have emerged at the same time as other representations of the Buddha in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara.
Notable examples
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![reclining buddha kratie](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Golden_gilded_reclining_Buddha.jpg/220px-Golden_gilded_reclining_Buddha.jpg)
- Winsein Tawya Buddha (Mawlamyaing) - 182.9 metres (600 ft)[2]
- Thanboddhay Pagoda (Monywa) - 101 metres (331 ft)[2]
- Myathalyaung Buddha (Bago) - 82 metres (269 ft)[2]
- Lawka Tharahpu Buddha (Dawei) - 73.6 metres (241 ft)[2]
- Chaukhtatgyi Buddha Temple (Yangon) - 66 metres (217 ft)[2]
- Shwethalyaung Buddha (Bago) - 54.8 metres (180 ft)[2]
- Manuha Temple (Bagan)
- Phowintaung, near Monywa
- West side of the Baphuon in Angkor
- Monolithic Buddha of the Phnom Kulen (lying on his left side)
- Golden gilded Buddha on Sambok Mountain in Kratie Province (to his right side)
- Bhamala Buddha Parinirvana which is 1,800 years old, oldest in the world.[3]
- Cave #26 of Ajanta
- Wat Chayamangkalaram in Penang
- Sam Poh Tong in Perak
- Wat Phothivihan in Tumpat, Kelantan
- Dambulla
- Gal Vihara in Polonnaruwa (12th century)
- Buddha of Ajina-Tepa (13 meters long), on display in the National Museum in Dushanbe
- Wat Dhammachaksemaram (reclining Buddha of the 7th century in Dvaravati style coming from Muang Sema)
- Wat Lokaya Sutharam in Ayutthaya
- Wat Pho of Bangkok
References
- ^ "Guide to the Wild East of Cambodia – what to do and where to go in the Green Triangle".
- ^ a b c d e f Ma Thanegi (February 2014). "Chaukhtutgyi Reclining Buddha Image" (PDF). My Magical Myanmar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
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External links
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