Buddhist Art crossword
Across
- 4. material that Mathura sculptures are commonly made of
- 7. Maurya emperor that converted to Buddhism and greatly spread it
- 8. Chinese monk who wrote about his journey across Asia to collect and translate Buddhist texts
- 9. site of 26-30 cave sanctuaries in a horseshoe shaped cliff
- 11. 4th – 7th century Indian empire
- 13. a process in which we can view art by moving around it and viewing it from every angle
- 14. end goal of the buddhist theology, the end of the cycle of rebirth and enlightenment
Down
- 1. stories of the Buddha’s former lives
- 2. eternal cycle of rebirth
- 3. individual near Buddhahood but delays it to help others from suffering
- 5. “Great Vehicle” school of Buddhism that considers Buddha a transcendental being and includes bodhisattvas
- 6. sculpted female figures which influenced Maya’s portrayal
- 10. holy burial grounds of reliquary, created by a mound of dirt
- 12. half-human, half-snake beings