Dharma Protector
Plaster
Dharma Protector
PAKISTAN
This type of statue is usually found guarding the entrance of a temple. The figure has a mustache and the head is turned to one side. A circlet with ringed ornaments at one side through which the long hair is threaded is about the head. The right hand is placed on the thigh while the left arm is damaged. A double headed vajra leans diagonally across the chest. The Dharma protector’s body is braced in scaled armor with fringes on the sleeves and about the lower hem that reaches to the knees where the shin protectors are visible. The figure is seated with legs pendent.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 289.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Dharma Protector." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 289.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Dharma Protector" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:289.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Dharma Protector. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 289).
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