Indian art and culture / Sculpture
Buddhist and Jain iconography
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Mudras: bhumisparsha (earth as witness against Mara), dhyana, abhaya, varada, vitarka, dharmachakra, anjali
- Padmapani (Avalokiteshvara with lotus), Vajrapani, Maitreya (future Buddha), Manjushri, Tara
- Eight great events in sculpture: birth, enlightenment, first sermon, mahaparinirvana (Ajanta cave 26), Sravasti miracle
- Tirthankara images: Rishabha's hair, Parshvanatha's serpent hood, Mahavira's lion; Bahubali at Shravanabelagola; Jina in kayotsarga and padmasana
Where to study
An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture
- ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, pp. 1-34 (printed 27-60)
- ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Seated Buddha, Katra Mound, Mathura; Seated Buddha, Sarnath (abhaya and dharmachakrapravartana mudras), pp. 23-27 (printed 49-53)
- ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Cave Tradition in Western India (Padmapani, Vajrapani, Amitabha, Maitreya); Padmapani Boddhisattva, Ajanta Cave No. 1, p. 8 (printed 34)
- ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Padmapani Boddhisattva, Ajanta Cave No. 1, pp. 28-29 (printed 54-55)
- ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Ajanta (Mahaparinirvana, cave 26); Mara Vijaya, Ajanta Cave No. 26, p. 10 (printed 36)
- ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Mara Vijaya, Ajanta Cave No. 26, pp. 30-31 (printed 56-57)
- ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Mathura, Sarnath and Gandhara Schools; Ellora (Jain images and tirthankaras), pp. 4-15 (printed 30-41)
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 3 and 19
- ch. 3
- ch. 19
Themes in Indian History Part I, Class XII, Theme 4 Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings: Cultural Developments
- Theme 4 Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings, pp. 1-33 (printed 82-114)
- Theme 4 Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings, 10. New Religious Traditions (Bodhisatta), pp. 22-23 (printed 103-104)
- Theme 4 Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings, 9. Sculpture (events from the Buddha's life), pp. 18-20 (printed 99-101)
An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture
- ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, Buddhist and Jain Architectural Developments (Jain sculpture, Shravanabelagola Gomateshwara), pp. 27-28 (printed 94-95)