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| Buddha shaving his head, bas-relief panel at Borobudur, Java, Indonesia |
Photo by Gunkarta
In the upper picture we see Buddha, then prince Siddharta Gautama, shaving his head, while people around him are holding his crown, sword and princely jewelery, and his horse Kanthaka is standing on his right side. This gesture is seen as a sign of declining his kshatriya warrior class status and becoming an ascetic hermit.
