Buddha Maravijaya -
the"Buddha who vanquished Mara" – a name given in Siam to the episode in which Gautama called upon the Earth goddess to bear witness and gained victory over Mara, the lord of evil forces.
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Sukhothai -
a cape that is one of the three components of monastic dress, worn over the other two
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Virasana -
a sitting pose: the legs bent at the knees, the right leg placed
on the left.
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Uttarasanga -
the outer garment of a Buddhist monk, consisting of a long piece
of cloth sewn from several strips. It is wrapped around the body in
such a way as to cover both shoulders or only the left.
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Ketumala -
the finial of the ushnisha, the raised area on the top of the Buddha's
head, in the form of stylized tongues of flame.
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Curls -
one of the most typical elements in the
iconography of the Buddha. According to legend, when he left his father's
house, Prince Siddhartha shaved off his long hair and the locks remaining
on his head immediately formed snail-shell-like curls on his scalp. The
curls always spiral clockwise. The origin of this attribute is not clear.
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Elongated earlobes -
an invariable attribute
of a depiction of the Buddha. It is probably due to the fact that before
the Buddha's withdrawal into asceticism, he wore like his peers heavy
earrings that stretched the earlobes, and stretched earlobes thus point,
as it were, to his royal origin.
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Ushnisha -
a protuberance on the top of the Buddha's head, beneath the hair,
symbolizing his attainment of transcendental wisdom and a state of
Enlightenment. One of the main attributes in the iconography of the
Buddha.
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