A Wikipedia article on Ananda, the Buddha's cousin and devoted personal attendant. The article records that in Mahayana iconography, Ananda is often depicted flanking the Buddha at the right side, together with Mahakasyapa at the left, the same paired composition this Metropolitan Museum of Art statue's own title describes.
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A crowd-edited tertiary reference, used here to confirm Ananda's conventional Mahayana iconographic placement flanking Buddha images; independently corroborated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's own title for this dated 583 limestone statue naming him among the flanking figures. Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80nanda
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names Ananda directly: "A Wikipedia article on Ananda, the Buddha's cousin and devoted personal attendant."
This source names Mahakasyapa directly: "at the right side, together with Mahakasyapa at the left, the same paired composition this Metropolitan Museum of Art statue's own title describes."
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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