The Buddha and his Emaciated Demons

Claudine Bautze-Picron (1)

1 Mondes Iranien et Indien - UMR 7528

Since the very beginning of Buddhist art, the image of the Buddha is surrounded by demons, goblins or scrawny figures. This paper deals in particularly with the late category often depicted in eastern India between the 8th and the 12th c. and probably originating from a site, such as Ellora, where the Buddhist community was much aware of the Shaiva pantheon.

Mots clés: Buddha; demons; Siva; Ellora; Bihar; Nalanda; Bodhgaya; Pagan (Burma)

Domaines: Art et histoire de l'art; Religions

Claudine Bautze-Picron. The Buddha and his Emaciated Demons. Berliner Indologische Studien, 2010, 19, pp.87-122. ⟨hal-00550258⟩