Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c15.s2.t5.12
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c15.s2.t5.12
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8. ASSAULT OF MĀRA AND ENLIGHTENMENT (*Māra-dharshaṇa, Saṃbodhi*):—In this panel Māra is depicted on the left in a mood of discomfiture with two of his daughters baffled in their attempt to tempt the Buddha. In the right side is a host of Māra’s demons armed with weapons and shown with ugly faces. The majestic figure of the haloed Buddha is shown in the centre seated in *Padmāsana* under the Bodhi tree (Longhurst, pl. XXII (b) ).