Borobudur Temple's Reliefs

At any given level sculptured by reliefs on borobudur's temple wall. This relief are read appropriate clockwises or are called mapradaksina in old java language one that indigenous sanskrit daksina with the meaning it east . This relief its plot assortments, for example story reliefs jātaka .

Relief story perusals this everlastingly been begun, and end on east side portal at any given its zoom, its beginning at left and ends right beside that portal. Therefore manifestly that eastern is ladder get on truthfully (main) and wends temple top, its mean that temple hads up easterly even similar another flanks right.


There is formation even and division story relief on wall and temple baluster railing is as follows.

Relief charts
Zoom	Position / position	Relief story	Total Pigura
Do splits original temple	- -----	Karmawibhangga	160 pigura
I. zoom	- wall	a. Lalitawistara	120 pigura
-------	- -----	b. jataka / awadana	120 pigura
-------	- baluster	a. jataka / awadana	372 pigura
-------	- -----	b. jataka / awadana	128 pigura
Zoom II.	- wall	Gandawyuha	128 pigura
--------	- baluster	jataka / awadana	100 pigura
Zoom III.	- wall	Gandawyuha	88 pigura
--------	- baluster	Gandawyuha	88 pigura
Zoom IV.	- wall	Gandawyuha	84 pigura
--------	- baluster	Gandawyuha	72 pigura
--------	Total	--------	1460 pigura

Karmawibhangga

One of fretwork Karmawibhangga at Borobudur temple's wall (floor 0 south-east angle)

According to symbolic meaning on does splits temple, relief that adorn cloaked batur wall that figure karma law. That relief suite not such draw story (serial), but on each pigura figures a story that have correlation because effect. That relief not even give picture to human censured conduct espoused by punishment who will be gotten it, but also well-doing man and reward . Wholly constitute human life delineation in whorled comes into the world life and death( samsara ) one that never ends, and by Buddha's religion bounds in chain to be called that will be ended up to wend perfection.

Lalitawistara

Constituting history delineation Buddha in a series relief (but not such history which fledged) one that is begun of descent of Buddha of Tusita's heaven, and ends by first pontificate at Deer Garden near Banaras's city. This relief in a row of ladder on the side southern, after melampui relief suite as much 27 pigura that is begun from east side ladder. To - 27 pigura that figures rushing, well at heaven and also at the world, as preparation as to welcome in attendance last manifestation Bodhisattwa interrupts me Buddha's candidate. That relief figures to come into the world it Buddha at arcapada this as Siddhartha's Prince, Suddhodana's prince and Virtual Princess of Kapilawastu's Country. That relief total 120 pigura, one that end with first pontificate, one that symbolically been showned as Dharma's Wheels Rotating, teaching Buddha at calls dharma one that also matter "law", meanwhile dharma is epitomized as wheels.

Jataka and Awadana

Jataka is story about Buddha before is borne as Siddharta's Prince. Its content constitute well-doing protrusion subject, one that differentiates Bodhisattwa of other creature whichever also. Most verily, service collecting / well-doing constitute preparation step in effort makes towards to increase to Buddha An.

Meanwhile Awadana, basically well-nigh equal to Jataka but then agent it is not Bodhisattwa, but others and dihimpun's story in book diwyawadana that noble conduct matter godhead, and Awadanasataka's book or a hundred Awadana's stories. On Borobudur Jataka's temple relief and awadana, treated with, its mean both available in a series same without differentiated. The most gathering famous of life Bodhisattwa is Jatakamala or Jataka's story circuit, Aryasura's laureate opus and jang lives in Masehi's 4th century.

Gandawyuha

Constituting relief suite adorn 2nd alley wall,is Sudhana's story that roams without know tire in its effort look for supreme Science about unmitigated truth by Sudhana. Its delineation in 460 pigura is gone upon on Buddha Mahayana's innocent book that gets Gandawyuha's title, and for its closing part bases another book story which is Bhadracari.