The panel is framed by Corinthian columns and depicts the first seven steps of the newborn Prince Siddhartha. A nimbus surrounds the young Prince's head as he stands in the center of a balanced composition. Sakra is to his right wearing a turban and dressed like a Kushan noble. He is holding the vajra that is his sign of office. The bearded Brahma stands on the other side, dressed like a Brahmin priest, with a vase in his hand and his hair tied up.
Figures standing in dramatic attitudes are on either side of the gods, Immediately behind the Prince is a damaged attendant carrying a whisk and the handle of a canopy: objects used by the royalty of ancient India.
據《佛本行集經》卷八記載,悉達多太子隆生時,即向四方各行七步,以示其為世上無與倫比之聖者。此浮雕即描述此段佛傳故事內容。畫面以古希臘科林斯式(Corinthian)柱分隔,中央帶頭光童子即是悉達多太子。太子左邊為帝釋天,戴頭巾,著王侯服飾,握金剛拆;右為梵天,束髮,持寶瓶,作婆羅門裝束。拂子與傘蓋是古印度正統王室所用之物,象徵太子的王族身分。
Miraculous Birth – the infant Siddhartha taking the seven steps
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