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
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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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