Symbiotic Theories of Buddha Statues

Since the death of Buddha the artists engulfed and drawn the figures of the Lord Buddha, which were made in accordance with theories made mentioned in cannon written after the first Buddhist conference held in Kavilavastu in northern India. Though Lord Buddha did not allow making his statue for the veneration purpose the artists made his figure on seeing instruction in Cannon compiled by his followers especially by Monks. Therefore by the writing of monks who wanted to make statues of Buddha to venerate them and affords of artists the Lord Buddha’s images in various forms and styles came into the picture of this geographical earthen world. In writing this monograph we compelled way of both Greek and Indian artist. As far as Buddhas statues concern our consideration concentrated on Mahayana perspective. In that term the Buddha statue was carved during the life time of Buddha. This habit of making Buddha statue was seen in Myanmar Cambodia and Thailand during 13th and 14th centuries. Our observations show four sorts of Buddha statues. They are Buddha statues in standing form, Masters ' figure in seated form, Lord Buddha's statue in lying position and His statue in half standing and half seating form. We discussed those four kinds of statues in both iconographic and Symbiotic Theories. For this research we consult both literary sources, materials from various scholars work and applied internet for materials and also checked our previous collection from which extract material. This research is mainly nomenclature of Buddhism. We stated a possible hypothesis saying that Buddha statues were produced not only in Myanmar and but also in India. We stated the main problem of veneration of Buddha statues in various form and style. Quantitively we employed Buddha statues from Beikthano, Sriksetra, Deccan and Bagan.Of which one each from Deccan, Beikthano, Sriksetra and more from Bagan