
Artist: unknown
Title: The Great Stupa/Mount Meru at Borobudur, second gallery, scenes
from theGandhavyuha text, a portion of the Avatamsaka
Sutra..
Material: volcanic rock
Site: Borobudur, Central Java, Indonesia
Current Location: in situ
Period/Date: ca. end of the 8th - beginning of the 9th century,
under the Shailendra Dynasty
Iconography/Iconology: This scene shows the youth, Sudhana, addressing
one of the 53 teachers who will lead him to final enlightenment.
Stylistic Comments: see previous screen
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