The Thousand Buddhas / Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-huang on the Western Frontier of China
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| PREFACE | ix | |
| THE TUN-HUANG PAINTINGS AND THEIR PLACE IN BUDDHIST ART An Introductory Essay by Laurence Binyon | 1–10 | |
| DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF PICTURES by Sir Aurel Stein | 11–63 | |
| I, II. | The Paradise of Bhaiṣajyaguru | 11 |
| III. | A celestial assemblage | 13 |
| IV, V. | Processions of Mañjuśrī and Samantabhadra | 14 |
| VI. | Details from a painting of a Buddhist Heaven | 15 |
| VII. | The Paradise of Śākyamuni | 16 |
| VIII. | Amitābha’s Paradise | 18 |
| IX. | Legendary scenes from a painting of Maitreya’s Paradise | 19 |
| X. | Amitābha with attendants | 20 |
| XI. | A Paradise of Amitābha | 21 |
| XII. | Scenes from Gautama Buddha’s Life | 23 |
| XIII. | Scenes from the Buddha legend | 25 |
| XIV. | Images of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas | 26 |
| XV. | Two forms of Avalokiteśvara | 28 |
| XVI. | Four forms of Avalokiteśvara | 29 |
| XVII. | Avalokiteśvara in Glory | 30 |
| XVIII. | Avalokiteśvara standing, with willow spray | 31 |
| XIX. | Two Avalokiteśvaras with the willow | 32 |
| XX. | Avalokiteśvara with flame-wreathed halo | 33 |
| XXI. | Avalokiteśvara standing | 33 |
| XXII. | Two Avalokiteśvara paintings with donors | 34 |
| XXIII. | Six-armed Avalokiteśvara with attendant Bodhisattvas | 35 |
| XXIV. | Two paper paintings of Avalokiteśvara | 36 |
| XXV. | Two paintings of Kṣitigarbha | 37 |
| XXVI. | Vaiśravaṇa’s Progress | 39 |
| XXVII. | Virūpākṣa and Mañjuśrī | 40 |
| XXVIII. | Bust of a Lokapāla | 42 |
| XXIX. | Two Dharmapālas and a Bodhisattva | 43 |
| XXX. | Side-scenes and details from a Buddhist Paradise painting | 44 |
| XXXI. | A Tibetan painting of Tārā | 45 |
| XXXII. | Paper pictures of a Bodhisattva, saint, and monk | 47 |
| XXXIII. | Paper pictures of hermit and horse-dragon | 47 |
| XXXIV, XXXV. | Embroidery picture of Śākyamuni on the Vulture Peak | 48 |
| XXXVI. | Bhaiṣajyaguru’s Paradise | 50 |
| XXXVII. | Banners with scenes from the Buddha legend | 51 |
| XXXVIII. | Buddha Tejaḥprabha and Avalokiteśvara as guide of souls | 53 |
| XXXIX. | Kṣitigarbha with the Infernal Judges | 54 |
| XL. | Kṣitigarbha as Patron of Travellers | 55 |
| XLI. | Avalokiteśvara and two other Bodhisattvas | 56 |
| XLII. | Avalokiteśvara, thousand-armed, with attendant divinities | 57 |
| XLIII. | Avalokiteśvara with Lokapāla attendants | 58 |
| XLIV. | Fragment of standing Avalokiteśvara | 59 |
| XLV. | Vaiśravaṇa crossing the ocean | 59 |
| XLVI. | Fragment with child on demon’s hand | 61 |
| XLVII. | Three Lokapāla banners | 61 |
| XLVIII. | Fragment with figure of demonic warrior | 63 |
| INDEX | 64 | |