The History of Buddha Gautama in Basreliefs
16. King Suddhodana meets the Queen on the veranda. The Queen tells her dream and asks her husband what the dream predicts.
17. King Suddhodana, not knowing the significance of the dream, asks a Brahmin, named Asita about it. Asita explains that the Queen has become pregnant: and will give birth to a King or a Buddha.
18. King Suddhodana rejoices at this information and showers gifts upon Asita and other B rahmanas.
19. All the gods offer their paradises to the Queen. 20. The gods make Queen Maya visible at three different places simultaneously (Trikaya doctrine: Dharma-kaya, Sambhoga-kaya and Virvana-kaya).
21. Before the birth of Buddha the Queen performs a miracle: she cures the sick and deformed people.
22. The Princes are giving alms.
23. The King in meditation.
24. Many wonders are seen in Kapilavastu, such as lions sitting before the gates and elephants adoring the King etc.
25. The Queen adorns herself and.
26. Drives in a carriage to the Lumbini Garden.
27. There in that garden Queen Maya gives birth to the Bodhisattva (Gautama) in a standing position. Directly after birth the infant is already able to walk seven steps and because he is a God he always stands upon lotus flowers. The Gods are bathing him. A week after the delivery Queen Maya passes away.
28. Holy persons of whole India are congratulating the King.
29. After the Queen's death Suddhodana's sister Princess Gautami becomes the Prince's nurse.
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These new settlers bring with them polished stone tools, boat building, bark and animal skin cloth making, pottery, rice planting, the process of cooking food in bamboo tubes, the techniques of making fire by rubbing two sticks together.
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