Queen Maya and Yasodhara in Gandhara Buddhist Sculptures

Автор(и)

  • Jesmil Abdul Raheem
  • Shakirullah
  • Owais Khan
  • Muhammad Zahoor
  • Lubna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59573/emsj.7(4).2023.22

Ключові слова:

Queen Maya, Yasodhara, Buddha, Gandhara Sculptures, woman

Анотація

The aim of the research was to study at the female representation in Buddhist Gandhara's sculptural history. It is a genuine revelation that the subject matter of Gandhara sculptures is the Buddhah life story, as depicted in the stone panels. We began to collect Queen Maya and Yashodhara images from Peshawar, Texila and Mardan Museum. As a result, the Gandharan perception of the female was complex: female images frequently signified prosperity, fertility, and nurture, but they also embodied seduction, disease, and death at other times. The Gandharan woman is dichotomous and replete with vigour, a synthesis of various religious, aesthetic, and political ideas. This research will contribute to the existing information about female portrayal in Buddhist and South Asian art forms, thereby advancing the work on women's roles and representation in the South Asian region.

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Опубліковано

2023-10-12

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Том 7 № 4 (2023)

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