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"Narrative Depiction of Descent from Tā vatiṃ sa: The Buddha Life Story of Bagan Period" Mya Theingi Soe Buddhism has flourished in Myanmar before Bagan period and reached at its highest point in Bagan period. The glory of Bagan is its thousands of religious monuments. Among them, Buddha descending fromTāvatiṃ sa is the important to event of Buddhist's life. This scene shows the Buddha teaching Abhidhamma to Māyādevi. The people of Bagan period,both elite class and commoners, had built religious monuments. Their major aim was thatthey wanted the Buddhism to last longer until 5000 years CE. They used to decorate theinner walls and ceilings of temples with mural paintings. One of the major themes of theirpaintings was the eight great scenes of the Buddha's life including descent from Tā vatiṃsa which was one of the most popular themes in Buddhist art of Myanmar. On thefull moon day of Thatinkyut, the Buddha descended from Tā vatiṃ sa after preachingAbhidhama and people welcomed the Buddha with candles or oil-lamps. People of Baganperiod might celebrate Thatinkyut Festival. The greatest aim of this paper is to presentabout Thatinkyut Festival which has been held from Bagan period to present day inMyanmar. One of the depictions of that scene might be related to know the gratitude of parents. The study applied field survey and the Buddhist Texts literature. This paper deals with the study of the scene of descent from Tā vatiṃ sa in Bagan period. 2022-08-12 https://meral.edu.mm/records/8384