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Physical characteristics of the Buddha There are no extant representations of the  Buddha   represented in artistic form  until roughly the 2nd century CE, partly due to the prominence of  aniconism  in the earliest extant period of Buddhist devotional statuary and bas reliefs. [1]  A number of early discourses describe the appearance of the Buddha, and are believed to have served as a model for early depictions. [2]  In particular, the "32 signs of a Great Man" are described throughout the  Pali Canon , and these are believed to have formed the basis for early representations of the Buddha. [2]  These 32 major characteristics are also supplemented by another 80 secondary characteristics (Pali: Anubyanjana ). One of the first representations of the  Buddha , 1st-2nd century CE,  Greco-Buddhist art ,  Gandhara . In  Mahāyāna Buddhism , including the traditions of  Esoteric Buddhism , the 32 major characteristics and 80...

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