Sakra
Schist
Sakra
PAKISTAN
Sakra is considered to be a protector of Sakyamuni. The figure looks to one side and is characterized particularly by wavy hair and a heavy beard. The flat-topped crown identifies the figure as Sakra rather than Vajradhara - who is usually depicted carrying a similar vajra. The detached right hand is resting upon the serpentine foliar motif of the balustrade. A buckled cloak covers the shoulders of Sakra with double incised lines used to represent folds in the garment beneath that commonly seen in the late Gandharan period.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 900.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Sakra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 900.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Sakra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:900.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Sakra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 900).
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