Queen Maya's Dream

Queen Maya's Dream is an episode in the story of the life of The Buddha, representing his conception by his mother Queen Maya. It is a common scene in the life of Buddha in art, showing Maya asleep on her side having a dream. Of depictions including Maya, only the birth scene is more common. The incident is seen in several Buddhist sites like Barhut, Sarnath, Amaravati Stupa, Nagarjunakonda, Ajanta, other Gandharan sites, and sites in Central, South-East and East Asia. It is the first scene in the sequence of images telling the story of the birth of the Buddha.^[1]^[2]

^ Kumari, Sabita (2012). "Representation of the Birth of the Buddha in Buddhist Art of Andhradesa". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 73: 163–168. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44156202.
^ Young, Serinity (2004). Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography and Ritual. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-91482-6.

[1] Kumari, Sabita (2012). "Representation of the Birth of the Buddha in Buddhist Art of Andhradesa". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 73: 163–168. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44156202.

[:0-2] Young, Serinity (2004). Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography and Ritual. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-91482-6.

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