Buddha Preaching the First Sermon at Sarnath

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A popular subject in medieval Buddhist art is the Buddha preaching his first sermon in a deer forest at Sarnath, north of Bodhgaya, where he had experienced enlightenment some weeks prior. He is seated in a full yogic position with his monastic robe drawn over both shoulders and his raised hand gesturing the turning of the wheel of Buddhist law, or dharma (dharmacakra mudra). A Sanskrit inscription in proto-Bengali script on the lotus-throne base can be read as, \u201cTo the cause of the divine religion [by] the stonecutter [sculptor] Vijaka.\u201d This is a rare instance of a Pala-dynasty sculptor being named.

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