PLATE XXV
The Buddha on the Lotus
The Buddha, seated on his lotus-throne, is represented in the "teaching attitude," expounding the Law to the multitude who surround him. The small figures in the upper corners show him in the "contemplative attitude," and the second from the top on the right portrays him in the attitude of benediction (cf. Plate XXIV). The "witness attitude" is shown in Plate XXVI. The principal other "attitude" is reclining on the right side with the head to the north, this representing the Buddha's death. From a Gandhāra sculpture now in the Lahore Museum. After Journal of Indian Art, viii, No. 62, Plate V, No. 2.
