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English: Panel showing the Buddha performing a miracle before ascetics. Kushan period, 2ndC-3rdC. Schist, H. 29,5 cm. (complete, here: partial view). « On the Buddha's left, Vajrapāṇi, with long, bearded face, modelled planes of musculature, genitals, a long draped overgarment from his left shoulder passing across the legs, holds a faceted vajra with rounded ends in his left hand and raises a fly-whisk like a torch in the right. » (Museum Collection on line) : This is a detail of a frieze regarding the conversion of three brothers to Buddhism. It is cropped to focus on the Buddha flanked by a figure of his guardian, Vajrapāṇi. [1] In this image, Vajrapani is depicted in a more classically Grecian style than the surrounding figures, indicative of his cross-cultural status. Vajrapani is usually syncretized with Hercules,[2] but is also sometimes syncretized with Zeus. [3] (This particular piece could be understood either way) In one hand Vajrapani carries a vajra (usually syncretized with Zeus' lightening and/or Hercules' sacred club) and in the other he brandishes a chamara, which is a fly-wisk symbolic of the sovereignty of the Buddha. [4] References
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Camera model | Canon PowerShot S110 |
Exposure time | 1/15 sec (0.066666666666667) |
F-number | f/2.8 |
Date and time of data generation | 19:03, 13 August 2005 |
Lens focal length | 5.40625 mm |
File change date and time | 19:03, 13 August 2005 |
Y and C positioning | Centered |
Exif version | 2.1 |
Date and time of digitizing | 19:03, 13 August 2005 |
Image compression mode | 5 |
Shutter speed | 3.90625 |
APEX aperture | 2.96875 |
Exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 2.9708557128906 APEX (f/2.8) |
Subject distance | 0.407 meters |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Flash | Flash did not fire |
Color space | sRGB |
Focal plane X resolution | 7,766.9902912621 |
Focal plane Y resolution | 7,741.935483871 |
Focal plane resolution unit | inches |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |