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Mogao Cave 17: Battle Between Sariputra and Raudraksa
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Mogao Cave 17: Battle Between Sariputra and Raudraksa
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Mogao Cave 17: Battle Between Sariputra and Raudraksa
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Mogao Cave 17: Battle Between Sariputra and Raudraksa
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Mogao Cave 17: Battle Between Sariputra and Raudraksa
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Mogao Cave 17: Battle Between Sariputra and Raudraksa
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Mogao Cave 17: Battle Between Sariputra and Raudraksa
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty (618–907); Ink and color on paper; 27.1 x 571.3 cm; National Library of France, Paris
This 9th century artwork from Mogao Cave 17 depicts the battle between Raudraksa, a brahmin leader, and Sariputra, the Buddha's disciple, described in the Chapter on Sudatta Donating Jetavana Monastery " in the Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish. After the brahmins learn that Sudatta |
