[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908) › c10.189 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c10.189 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c10.189 - **Language:** English ### [c10.189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.189) The green halo round his head would seem to symbolise his character as divine protector of the animal kingdom, or perhaps his fabled existences in the animal state which are narrated in the \*jâtakas\*. Behind the Buddha is the deer-park at Sarnath, where he preached his first sermon after his enlightenment, and where, it is said, in a previous existence he had saved the life of a doe and her young one by offering himself as a substitute. - [Previous: c10.188](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.188) - [Next: c10.190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.190) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10) ## Linked texts (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.189) · Pramāṇa