Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi' has mentioned 'Relics' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| It was crowned by the chhatri, a parasol-like structure symbolising high rank, which was intended to honour and shelter the relics. | WIKI |
| 3 3.4 Sunga Pillar 4 Satavahana period (1st century BCE xe2x80x93 1st century CE) 4.1 Material and carving technique 4.2 Architecture: evolution of the load-bearing pillar capital 4.3 Main themes of the reliefs 4.3.1 Jatakas 4.3.2 Miracles 4.3.3 Temptation of the Buddha 4.3.4 War over the Buddha's Relics 4.3.5 Removal of the relics by Ashoka 4.3.6 Building of the Bodh Gaya temple by Ashoka 4.3.7 Foreign devotees 4.3.8 Aniconism 4.4 The Gateways or Toranas 4.4.1 Stupa 1 Southern Gateway 4.4.2 Stupa 1 Northern Gateway 4.4.3 Stupa 1 Eastern Gateway 4.4.4 Stupa 1 Western Gateway 4.4.5 Stupa 3 Southern Gateway 5 Later periods 5.1 Western Satraps 5.2 Guptas 5.3 Lion pillar No 26 5.4 Pillar 35 6 Sanchi and the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara 7 Western rediscovery 8 Chetiyagiri Vihara and the Sacred Relics 9 Inscriptions 10 See also 11 References 12 Literature 13 External links | WIKI |
| 3, and relics boxes were excavated tending to confirm this. | WIKI |
| War over the Buddha's Relics[edit] | WIKI |
| The southern gate of Stupa No1, thought to be oldest and main entrance to the stupa,[62] has several depictions of the story of the Buddha's relics, starting with the War over the Relics. | WIKI |
| Finally, an agreement was reached, and the Buddha's cremation relics were divided among 8 royal families and his disciples. | WIKI |
| Other narrative panels related to the War over the Buddha's Relics at Sanchi are: | WIKI |
| In this relief, the king is seen seated on an elephant, holding the relics on his head. | WIKI |
| War over the Buddha's Relics, kept by the city of Kushinagar, South Gate, Stupa no.1, Sanchi. | WIKI |
| Removal of the relics by Ashoka[edit] | WIKI |
| According to Buddhist legend, a few centuries later, the relics would be removed from the eight guardian kingdoms by King Ashoka, and enshrined into 84,000 stupas. | WIKI |
| Ashoka is shown on the right in his chariot and his army, the stupa with the relics is in the center, and the Naga kings with their serpent hoods at the extreme left under the trees. | WIKI |
| The gateways depict various scenes of the life of the Buddha, as well as events after his death, in particular the War of the Relics and the efforts of emperor Ashoka to spread the Buddhist faith. | WIKI |
| After the death of the Buddha, his relics were originally divided into eight portions, and shared between eight princes. | WIKI |
| [97] About two centuries later, in order to spread the Buddhist faith, Asoka endeavored to gather the eight shares of the relics to divide them up, and distribute them among 84,000 stupas, which he himself erected. | WIKI |
| [94] Rear bottom architrave Full architrave with wings War over the Buddha's Relics. | WIKI |
| A war erupted in which the chiefs of seven other clans waged war against the Mallas of Kushinara for the possession of the Buddha's relics. | WIKI |
| In the centre of the architrave, the siege of Kushinara is in progress; to right and left, the victorious chiefs are departing in chariots and on elephants, with the relics borne on the heads of the latter. | WIKI |
| After the death of the Buddha his relics were taken possession of by the Mallas of Kushinagara, whose chief is here depicted riding on an elephant and bearing the relics into the town of Kusinagara on his own head. | WIKI |
| The two groups of figures carrying banners and offerings, which occupy the ends of this architrave, are probably connected with the central scene, serving to indicate the rejoicing of the Mallas over the possession of the relics. | WIKI |
| This is another portrayal of "The war of the relics" (see Southern Gateway architrave). | WIKI |
| Chetiyagiri Vihara and the Sacred Relics[edit] | WIKI |
| The bone relics (asthi avashesh) of Buddhist Masters along with the reliquaries, obtained by Maisey and Cunningham were divided and taken by them to England as personal trophies. | WIKI |
| But a new temple Chetiyagiri Vihara was constructed to house the relics, in 1952. | WIKI |
| Some of the relics were obtained by Burma. | WIKI |