[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917) › c9.151 # The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c9.151 The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c9.151 - **Language:** English ### [c9.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c9.151) I. At the bottom, on the left, the Nativity (\*Jāti\*) near to Kapilavastu; at the left of Māyā the child Buddha, standing, is bathed by the two Nāgas, Nanda and Upananda; his pedestal, on each side of which two women are kneeling, seems to be composed of seven superposed lotuses, symbolizing the « seven steps » which he is supposed to have taken immediately after his birth (cf. for this detail \*Ét. sur l'Iconogr. bouddh. de l'Inde\*, I, fig. 28). - [Previous: c9.150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c9.150) - [Next: c9.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c9.152) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Kapilavastu](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kapilavastu) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c9.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c9.151) · Pramāṇa