History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c33.s17.17

v2.c33.s17.17

In the three galleries above this Buddhism is represented as a religion. Groups of Buddhas—three, five, or nine—are repeated over and over again, mixed with Bodhisattwas and saints of all sorts. Among these, the five Dhyâni, Buddhas are conspicuous in all, perhaps more than all, the variety of manifestations which are known in Nepâl and Tibet, which, as Lassen points out, almost inevitably leads to the conclusion that this form of faith was introduced from Nepâl or Western Tibet.²