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Scene 6b: Deities and a Buddha attend the departure (Fig. 1d in Orientations).
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Among the deities is the red four-headed Brahma (the back head not being visible).
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Scene 7a: A female attendant of Queen Maya holding an umbrella.
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Scene 7: The conception of Shakyamuni, when Queen Maya dreams of a small white elephant entering her womb.
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Scene 8: Queen Maya narrates her dream to her husband, King Shuddhodana, in their palace in the city of Kapilavastu.
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Scenes of the Buddha's birth located at the right knee of Maitreya (Fig. 1e in Orientations).
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Scene 9: Queen Maya, surrounded by female attendants only, grasps the branch of an Asoka tree in Lumbini garden and gives birth to Shakya-muni.
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The tree is flanked by two elephant-eared creatures blowing conches, the musical instrument of the gods.
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Scene 9a: The animals represented in the neighbouring half-roundel represent the beings which are born at the same time as the Bodhisattva.
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