Konagamana Buddha

Glossary

The twenty-third Buddha in the Theravada Buddhist tradition and the fifth of the seven Buddhas of antiquity in the present eon (Bhadrakalpa), placed on the Wednesday panel. Born to a Brahmin family, he renounced worldly pleasures and achieved enlightenment under an Udumbara tree (cluster fig; Ficus racemosa). The Mauryan emperor Ashoka commissioned the enlargement of a stupa dedicated to him at the site, which has been recorded in a Minor Pillar Edict.

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Konagamana Buddha%newline%The twenty-third Buddha in the Theravada Buddhist tradition and the fifth of the seven Buddhas of antiquity in the present eon (Bhadrakalpa), placed on the Wednesday panel. Born to a Brahmin family, he renounced worldly pleasures and achieved enlightenment under an Udumbara tree (cluster fig; Ficus racemosa). The Mauryan emperor Ashoka commissioned the enlargement of a stupa dedicated to him at the site, which has been recorded in a Minor Pillar Edict.

Chicago	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. “Konagamana Buddha”. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/konagamana-buddha/
MLA	“Konagamana Buddha.” MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/konagamana-buddha/. Accessed 17, November, 2024.
Harvard	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. (2022) Konagamana Buddha. [Online]. Available at: https://mapacademy.io/glossary/konagamana-buddha/. (Accessed: 17, November, 2024)