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  Sumedha and Sumidha worshipping Dipankhara

 

Myanmar

Sumedha, the hermit (fig.), laying flat on his belly in worship of the buddha Dipankhara (fig.), who pledged the hermit that he will one day become a buddha. Kneeled at his feet sits his wife-to-be Sumidha (fig.).

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