_ahhaya-mudrā_, 25, 27, 32, 51, 53.
acanthus leaves, 60.
Ajaṇṭā, frescoes of, 3, 8.
Ajātaśatru, legend of, 44.
Ākāśagarbha, 16, 17.
altar, valance of, 18.
Amitābha, Buddha, 4, 5, 11;
Western Paradise of, 5, 6, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21 sq., 44, 52;
triad of, 18.
Ānanda, legend of, 49.
Andrews, Mr. F. H., xii, 44.
Antioch, 4.
Apsaras, 12, 20, 22, 49;
_see_ Gandharvī.
Asuras, World of, 38.
Athene, on seal, 4.
Avalokiteśvara, Bodhisattva of Mercy (Kuan-yin; Kwan-non), 4, 13,
18, 20, 22, 27, 28, 49, 56, 58, 59;
guide of souls, 53;
six-armed, 35;
thousand-armed, 30, 57;
emblems of, 30, 57;
four forms of, 29;
male and female forms of, 4;
Maṇḍala of, 13, 30, 31;
paintings of, 6;
under willows, 36;
with willow spray, 31, 32;
worship of, 4.
Badakhshī breed of horses, 20.
banners,
on silk, 2, 23, 25, 40, 43, 51, 53, 56, 61;
groups of, 23;
on linen, 3.
Barnett, Dr. L. D., 47.
Bath, of Gautama, 52.
Benares, Deer Park of, 24.
Bhaiṣajyaguru, Buddha, Paradise of, 11 sqq., 14, 50.
Bhaiṣajyarāja, 5.
_bhūmisparśa-mudrā_, 27.
Bimbisāra, 44.
Binyon, Mr. L., ix, xi, xii, 13, 36, 37, 45, 53, 54, 55, 58.
boar, head of, 53.
boar-headed demon, 31.
Bōdh-Gayā, image at, 27.
Bodhisattvas, 4 sq., 11 sqq., and _passim_;
banners of, 56;
‘Indian’ and ‘Chinese’ types of, 14, 29, 56;
worship of, 28;
_see_ Avalokiteśvara, Kṣitigarbha, Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra.
borders, of paintings, 2, 53, 55, 59.
Brahman, 12, 30.
British Museum,
paintings at, ix, xi;
Trustees of, xi.
Buddha, _see_ Gautama, Śākyamuni.
Buddhas, 4;
subsidiary, 13, 17;
‘of ten quarters’, 30.
Buddhism, spread of, into Central Asia and China, 3 sq., 7;
_see_ Mahāyāna.
Buddhist art, of China, 3, 6;
of India, 3 sq.;
of Japan, 4 sq.;
of Tibet, 9.
Buddhist Heaven, _see_ Paradise.
Buddhist images, from India, 6.
bullocks, 53.
_Butsu-yé_ 3.
_Cakravartin_, 53.
cangue, 35, 38.
cartouches,
inscribed, 23, 26, 29, 32, 49, 52, 58, 59;
uninscribed, 36, 38.
castanets, 12.
‘Caves of the Thousand Buddhas’, 1, 13, and _passim_.
celestial mansions, 11, 17, 18, 51, 54.
chain-armour, 42.
Chamberlain, the Right Hon. Mr. A., xi.
Chandaka, 24.
Chavannes, M. Éd., x, 16, 19.
_Ch‘ien-fo-tung_, Chinese for ‘Caves of Thousand Buddhas’, _passim_.
China, westward expansion of, 4.
Chinese art, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Chinese painting,
Buddha legend in, 8;
Central tradition of, 5;
style of, 54.
‘Chinese’ type of Bodhisattvas, 29, 32, 36, 43, 54, 56.
Christians, at Turfān, 5.
chronology, of paintings, 7, 16, 21, 50.
clappers, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 25, 36.
Clarendon Press, Delegates of, xi.
cleaning, of paintings, 2.
cloud scrolls, in textiles, 36.
coiffure, of donatrices, 16, 17, 19, 30, 38;
_see_ head-dress.
coins, Chinese, 48.
Conception, of Gautama, 52.
costume,
of donatrices, 16, 21, 22, 30, 50;
of donors, 17, 22, 36, 37, 38, 50, 56.
crane, 12, 18, 22.
crown, of Sassanian type, 39, 60.
dancer, 12, 15, 17, 18, 51.
Deer Park, Śākyamuni in, 27.
Delhi Museum, xi.
demons, 12, 15, 40 sq., 61, 62, 63;
Tibetan, 47;
World of, 38;
_see_ Yakṣas.
Dharmapālas, 43, 63.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, 42.
Dhyāni-buddha (Amitābha), 4, 20, 28, 29, 32, 35, 57, 58.
Dīpaṅkara, Buddha, 51.
disciples, figures of, 17, 19, 21.
discs, of Sun and Moon, 17, 38.
distemper, painting in, 9, 46.
donors, in paintings, 7;
_see_ costume, portraits.
dragons, 12, 19, 48, 52.
drapery, Hellenistic, 20.
dress, _see_ costume;
magisterial, 19, 24, 44, 37, 55.
drums, 12, 45.
ducks, 22;
wild, 25.
embroidery picture, 10, 48;
remains, 44.
fan-bearers, 37.
First Sermon, _see_ Gautama.
flame streamers, 39, 60.
flask, of Avalokiteśvara, 36, and _passim_.
flutes, 12, 14, 18, 36, 45.
Foucher, M. A., 23, 27, 28, 31, 43.
‘Four Encounters’, _see_ Gautama.
Freer Collection, 7, 8.
Fu-hsi, Emperor, 48.
fungus sceptre, 38.
Gandhāra, Buddhist art of, 3, 4, 7, 49;
types from, 8.
Gandharvīs, 14;
_see_ Apsaras.
Gaṇeśa, 58.
Garuḍa, 12, 16, 17, 18, 60.
_Gatis_, _see_ Worlds of Desire.
Gautama (Buddha, Śākyamuni),
scenes from Life of, 5, 6, 25, 51;
Chinese treatment of, 7, 23;
Conception of, 52;
Birth of, 52;
Bath of, 52;
Seven Steps of, 52;
Four Encounters of, 23 sq., 51;
Search for, 24;
Farewell from Kaṇṭhaka, 24;
Enlightenment of, 27;
First Sermon of, 24, 27;
as teacher, 6;
Miracle of Śrāvastī, 27;
on Gṛdhrakūṭa, 25, 27, 48, 49;
_see_ Buddha, Jātakas, Śākyamuni.
Giles, Dr. L., xii.
glass bowl, 43.
Graeco-Buddhist art, x, 12, 15, 20, 23, 26, 27, 28, 52, 59, 60.
Gṛdhrakūṭa, _see_ Vulture Peak.
gryphon, 12.
Guardians of Regions, _see_ Lokapālas.
halo,
flame-bordered, 15;
transparent, 21, 22.
hands, pair of colossal, 26.
Hāritī, 31.
harp, 12, 16, 45.
hats, shape of, 17.
head-dress, of donors, 19, 23, 30, 32;
_see_ coiffure.
Hell, Kṣitigarbha Regent of, 37, 54.
Hellenistic art, influence of, 4, 20, 59.
Heracles, on seal, 4.
hermit, picture of, 47.
Herzfeld, Prof. E., 40.
high lights, 9, 21, 22.
hills, 14, 17, 19.
Hīnayāna Buddhism, 4.
Hindu mythology, 31.
Horiuji Temple, 3.
horse,
drawing of, 19;
types of, 20, 25, 39.
horse’s head, 54.
horse-dragon, 47.
‘horse-millinery’, 20, 39.
Hsüan-tsang, pilgrim, 6, 27.
human form, Chinese treatment of, 7.
iconography, Buddhist, x.
India, Buddhist painting in, 3.
Indian art, genius of, 8.
Indian garb, of divinities, 7.
Indian type, of Bodhisattvas, 28, 29, 36, 42, 47, 59.
Indians, dark-skinned, 14, 15, 29, 53.
Indra, 12, 30.
infants, 12, 16, 22, 36, 61.
Infernal Judges, 37, 38, 55.
Iranian,
art motifs, 4;
influences, 58;
emblems, 39, 60;
_see_ Persia.
iris of eyes,
blue, 39;
yellow, 62;
green, 62.
Japan,
Buddhist art of, 5;
Buddhist paintings of, 3.
Jātakas, scenes from, 5, 6, 8, 23;
_see_ Gautama.
Jizō (Kṣitigarbha), 37.
Kābul, 27.
Kakemonos, paintings mounted as, 2, 39, 53, 59.
Kālika, 47.
Kalyāṇaṃkara, legend of, 16, 17.
Kaṇṭhaka, Buddha’s horse, 23, 24, 53.
Kapilavastu, 52.
Kapiśa (Kabul), 27.
Kāshgar, 1.
Kashmir, 1, 4.
Kāśyapa, 49.
Khotan, 1, 4;
mural paintings of, 28;
painter from, 10;
Vaiśravaṇa’s worship at, 39.
Kings, Twelve, protectors of the Law, 13, 51.
knee-caps, 35.
Kṣitigarbha,
in paintings, 5, 8, 16, 17, 37;
patron of travellers, 38, 54, 55;
Regent of Hell, 37, 54.
Ku K‘ai-chih,
painter, 6, 7;
style of, 8.