File:Bird of Life (共命鸟), playing a pipa, with dancer playing drum.jpg

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Bird of Life or Jivajivaka (共命鸟), playing a pipa, with dancer playing drum

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English: Bird of Life (共命鸟), playing a pipa, with dancer playing drum. Drummer appears to be dancing the Sogdian Whirl. Middle Tang-Yulin Grotto 25 South Wall. The Jivajivaka is supposed to specifically be a two headed creature. The bird here has also been called a Kalaviṅka, and appears to be related to the Kinnara, both connected by the same Buddhist traditions.
Date ca. 800 C.E. ("Mid Tang Dynasty")
Source Article titled 【敦煌石窟】中唐-榆林25窟【2】南壁-观无量寿经变（净土乐舞. In translation: [Dunhuang Grottoes Middle Tang-Yulin 25 Caves [2] South Wall-Guan Wuliangshou Jingbian (Pure Land Music and Dance)
Author unknown painters from Tang Dynasty

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