Ānanda
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Ānanda was the primary attendant of the Buddha and one of his ten principal disciples. Among the Buddha's many disciples, Ānanda stood out for having the best memory. Most of the texts of the early Bu
Head of Ānanda, once part of a limestone sculpture from the northern Xiangtangshan Caves. Northern Qi dynasty, 550–577 CE.
Chinese statue, identified as likely being Ānanda
18th-century Burmese sculpture of Ānanda
Sculpture of Ānanda from Wat Khao Rup Chang, Songkhla, Thailand
The Buddha
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Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering religious teacher who lived in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. Acc
Ānanda
…Ānanda (Pali and Sanskrit: आनंद; 5th–4th century BCE) was the primary attendant of the Buddha and one of his ten principal disciples. Among the Buddha's many disciples, Ānanda stood out for having the best memory. Most of the texts of the early…
Sculpture of the Buddha preaching his first sermon from Sarnath, 5th century CE
The Buddha, Tapa Shotor monastery in Hadda, Afghanistan, 2nd century CE
The "Isapur Buddha", probably the earliest known representation of the Buddha (possibly together with the Butkara seated Buddha statue at the Butkara Stupa, Swat), on a railing post, dated to circa 15 CE.
The Relic Stupa of Vaishali, 5th century BCE which held either the Buddha's ashes or part of his relics