Painted Banner (paubha) of Goddess Ushnishavijaya Within a Funerary Mound (chaitya) and Surrounded by Chaityas  1513

At the center of this cloth painting ([i]paubha[/i]) from Nepal the goddess Ushnishavijaya is enshrined within a large Buddhist funeral mound or shrine ([i]chaitya[/i]), flanked by a red and green bodhisattva. As the personification of the Buddha’s cranial bump ([i]ushnisha[/i]), Ushnishavijaya is associated with wisdom and is worshipped for long life and freedom from rebi...