***Seated Buddha figure with a cricular hole at the navel and an ex-voto
inscription in Kharosthi beneath, recording that it was the gift of one
Buddhamitra, who delighted in the law (dharma). The hole at the vavel
was intended for a suppliant to place his finger in when offering
prayers against certain bodily ailments.
The healing Buddha is widely worshiped in Myanmar, Tiber, Chaina and
japan According to popular belief in those countries, some illnesses
are effectively cured by merely touching his image or calling out his
name.
Discovery of the image of healing Buddha at Jaulian indicates that
the cult was originated from Gandhara around 3th-4th century or may
be earlier and afterward it spread over the whole Buddhist world.
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