Paitava
Paitava | |
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 The Twin Miracle of Water and Fire, found at Paitava monastery, 3rd century CE. | |
  Paitava Paitava  Paitava Paitava (Afghanistan) | |
| Coordinates: 34°53′00″N 69°12′00″E / 34.883333°N 69.200000°E | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
Paitava was a Buddhist monastery located in modern
Kapisa, 40 km north of Kabul, which was the northern capital of the Kushan Empire. Beautiful sculptures of Buddhist donors in Kushan dress are known from this site.[1] Several Kushan coins were found in the monastery, suggested an early Kushan occupation, but some of the Buddhist works, such as The Twin Miracle of Water and Fire, may belong to the later period of the Kidarites (320–467 CE).[2]
Paitava was also 7 km from
Xuan Zang, who said it was near a large city named Si-pi-to-la-fasse, the largest city in the Kapisa region.[3]
Paitava, with Shotorak, have an artistic usage of representing the Buddha with fire emanating from the shoulders in the miracle of
Sravasti, a feature also found on the effigies of Kushan kings on their coinage.[4]
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Bodhisattva. -
Miracle of Sravasti (detail) -
Miracle of Sravasti (detail) -
The Buddha with Heracles and Tychee (detail)
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References
- ISBN 9780774841283.
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- ISBN 9789231040306.
- ^ Rosenfield, John M. (1967). The dynastic arts of the Kushans. University of California Press. p. 200.
- ^ Rosenfield, John M. (1967). The Dynastic Arts of the Kushans. University of California Press. p. 450, Figure 104.
Figure 104: Image pedestal with Maitreya flanked by two groups of Kushans. Paitava.
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