The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c5.s5.37

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A². The Nativity (Jâti) : the Bodhisattva issues from the right flank of his mother, who is standing and holding a branch of a tree. Therefore in both views we see in the centre of the composition Mâyâ standing, with one arm raised, between the gods on the right and her women on the left. But it will be noticed that on this occasion also her attitude is in Gandhâra more rational, leaving free the right hip, by which the child is supposed to issue. As regards the latter, who on the panel at Lahore is perfectly visible, we perceive at Amarâvatî only the imprint of his sacred feet on the cloth, which is held by the four Lokapâlas together, and no longer by Indra alone.