File:(Left) The predictions of the brahmins, Wellcome L0030766.jpg

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(Left) The predictions of the brahmins,
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(Left) The predictions of the brahmins,
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(Left) King Suddhodana holds a ceremony for bestowing a name on the child. The name chosen was Siddhattha. The King invites 108 brahims to the ceremony and asks them to predict the future of the boy, Kondanna predicted the baby will become Buddha. (Centre) The King learns from Kondanna how Prince Siddhattha will become a Buddha, by seeing the four signs, an old person, a sick man, a dead body and a mendicant, The King, wishing Prince Siddhattha to become a Universal Monarch instructs his guards to protect the Prince from the four signs. (Right) Guards chase away old people.

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Keywords: Buddhist; God; ms burmese 22; Buddhism; Religion; Art; Buddha
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