The present work discusses one of the many prodigies happened in the life of Buddha. The
happening discussed in this work is about the event when Buddha’s divine power was put to
test by a Brahman when he tried to measure the height of the Buddha. This paper first
narrates briefly the event; then it discusses a few selected sculptured narrative examples;
and the last section has been incorporated to search for socio-religious background and
some symbolic meanings in the selected narrative sculptured examples.
Ghani-ur-Rahman. (2017) The Episode of Unsuccessful Attempt of Measuring the Gautama Buddha in Gandhara Sculpture: Socio-religious Background and Iconographic Symbolism, , Volume-11, Issue-1.
