Reclining Buddha

A reclining Buddha is an image that represents Buddha lying down and is a major iconographic theme in Buddhist art.

It represents the historical Buddha during his last illness, about to enter the parinirvana.

This pattern seems to have emerged at the same time as other representations of the Buddha in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara.

For Thai Buddha attitudes (Thai: ปางพระพุทธรูป; parang Phra phut ta roupe), the reclining Buddha (Thai: ปางไสยาสน์; paang sai yat) can refer to three different episodes, whilst the attribute of each remains unclear.

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Buddha in parinirvana , Gandhara art, 2nd or 3rd century
Buddha entering nirvana , Bắc Ninh province , Vietnam, 17th century AD
Reclining Buddha of Galvihara at Polonnaruwa (Sri Lanka, 12th century)
The reclining Buddha of Zhangye
The reclining Buddha of the Hpo win caves
reclining buddha kratie
Golden gilded reclining Buddha at Sambok Mountain in Kratié , Cambodia [ 2 ]
Butunehanzu (仏涅槃図) at Kongōbu-ji (Heian period)
The reclining Buddha of Wat Pho
Reclining Buddha statue in the Revival Lê period
Reclining Buddha Statue in Mendut Temple complex, Indonesia.
Reclining Buddha at Chua Linh-Son Buddhist Temple -- Santa Fe, Texas