The development of images with emanated figures in the aureole
The notion of generating other Buddhas in Buddhism
The tranformed-Buddhas and the Buddhas-of-the-ten-directions
Bodhisattva as the emanator
A possible iconography of Amitābha from Gandhāra
The dharmadhātu Buddha images from Kucha
The narrative depictions at Kucha and Turfan
A Buddha showing realms of rebirth in his aureole
Gandhāra: inception of the Mahāyāna element
Khotan: flourish in a Mahāyāna area
Kucha: a Mahāyāna motif in a Hanayana area
Central China: the resonant-body in Chinese cosmology.