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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk17:28, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Eyes of Buddha on a stupa at Swayambhunath
The Eyes of Buddha on a stupa at Swayambhunath

Created by Aoidh (talk). Self-nominated at 23:09, 9 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article looks good in terms of length and quality of citations. While the work cited for the hook is offline the hook is pretty clearly factual from the images as well. Lithoderm 15:16, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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My first thought is that it won't be called "eyes of Buddha". If its a thing, it will have a name in Tibetan. Nepalese Buddhism is heavily influenced by Tibet. Eyes of Buddha sounds like a description. Words (in the west) are generally just transliterated. Tibetan Buddhism is very symbolic but the meanings behind symbols can vary by lineage. The source doesn't sound particularly credible - I'll see if I have anything here. Secretlondon (talk) 10:41, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If there is a Sanskrit word, which I'm sure there is, I have been unable to find it. In the English language it is just referred to as "Eyes of Buddha" or some slight variation thereof, mentioned in the article. Sources which do provide Sakskrit descriptions for many things do not provide one for the eyes. Gutschow's The Nepalese Caitya for example goes into great detail about the features of the caitya and provides the Sanskrit words for the descriptions of the various parts of the caitya, describing the cube (harmika), the roof moulding (bhagi), the day of the year the "Buddha's face" or "eyes" are repainted (Katipunhi), the description of the depiction of the eyes (vajradrsti), the "curl of hair" (mahāpurusalaksana), the ūrnā, yet it fails to provide a Sanskrit word for the eyes themselves. Even this English-language Nepali newspaper which shows the aforementioned repainting of the eyes, uses the phrase "the eyes of Buddha". - Aoidh (talk) 16:30, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]