Gandhara
Americannoun
adjective
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Originally from Gandhara, Lokaksema was a Buddhist scholar who spent his time in China at the court of the Han dynasty, translating Mahayana Buddhist texts with his students.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The people of Gandhara produced a unique artistic style, incorporating Greco-Roman elements but focused on Buddhist subjects.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The Gandhara civilization, in what is now the Peshawar Valley, adjoining Afghanistan and Pakistan, flourished under the rule of the Kushan Buddhists.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
The soft, rounded torso of a Mathura Buddha faces the crisp, Greco-Roman treatment of its Gandhara counterpart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2014
Its metaphysics were decidedly not Mahâyânist but there is no reason why it should have objected to the veneration of such Bodhisattvas as are portrayed in the Gandhara sculptures.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
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