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This panel tells the story of the conversion of the Buddha's half-brother, Nanda. He was initially skeptical of joining the Buddhist order, wanting to instead remain with his beautiful wife. Through discussion and ultimately a miraculous flight over the Himalayas to the heaven of Indra, the Buddha was able to convince him to join the monastic ...
Nanda (half-brother of Buddha) Nanda Shakya, enticed by the Buddha to leave his bride-to-be and become a monk. Palatial life of Nanda before conversion, veranda of Cave 17 of Ajanta Caves. Prince Nanda Shakya, also known as Sundarananda Shakya (handsome Nanda), was the younger half-brother of Gautama Buddha. He shared the same father as Buddha ...
- Indriyēsu Guttadvarānan
- Princess Sundari Nanda
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Conversion of Nanda Cave 1 Queen Shivali Maha-janaka Jataka, Cave 1 Nanda's wife, the central figure, is naked whereas all the maids are fully clothed. Maya-devi, Siddharta’s Mother Nativity of the Buddha, Cave 2 The Dying Princess Conversion of Nanda, Cave 16 Black is Beautiful Many heroines of Ajanta are dark complexioned.
Oct 24, 2022 · Here Nanda and his wife sit on the throne and Nanda is touching the chin of his beloved. Some attendants are carrying food and drink for the couple. Nanda and Sundarī are enjoying the performance of the musicians. The episode of conversion of Nanda is also found in reliefs from Nāgārjunakoṇḍa. Footnotes and references:
Sanskrit terminology. Asvaghosa's Saundaranandakavya Saundarananda-kavya, a kāvya poem with the theme of conversion of Nanda, Buddha’s half-brother, so that he might reach salvation. The first half of the work describes Nanda’s life, and the second half of the work describes Buddhist doctrines and ascetic practices.
It may be assumed on the basis of argumentum ex silentio that in Borobudur events described in other versions of the story (e.g. the wedding of Nanda, his wife standing in the window, Nanda's attempts to escape from the monastery, a female monkey described as burned and sitting in the burned-out forest, or Nanda's trip to hell) are not present ...
Provenance First half of the nineteenth century, removed from Cave 16, Ajanta by James Edwin Williams (d. 1885) while stationed in India; by descent to his son, Harry Archibald Williams (b. 1846 - d. 1928), India and Woodchurch Lodge, Hampstead, London; March 7, 1921, Williams and others sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 139, sold to the MFA for £1000.
