Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Great Buddha Bay Niche 18: Illustration of the Amitayurdhyana Sutra - Bodhisattva Making an Offering (right side)
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Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Great Buddha Bay Niche 18: Illustration of the Amitayurdhyana Sutra - Bodhisattvas Making Offerings
CHINA, Chongqing, Dazu; Southern Song dynasty
A Bodhisattva is carved on each side of the central Amitabha Buddha, just below the two shrines flanking his head. The Bodhisattvas have devout, peaceful expressions. They both wear an intricately carved headdress with a seated Buddha on the front. The Bodhisattva on the right holds a lotus with both hands, while the Bodhisattva on the left holds a tray in one hand and forms a mudra with the other. Both Bodhisattvas wear necklaces and have a nimbus behind their head. Auspicious clouds are carved above the nimbuses.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 255.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Great Buddha Bay Niche 18: Illustration of the Amitayurdhyana Sutra - Bodhisattvas Making Offerings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 255.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Great Buddha Bay Niche 18: Illustration of the Amitayurdhyana Sutra - Bodhisattvas Making Offerings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:255.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Great Buddha Bay Niche 18: Illustration of the Amitayurdhyana Sutra - Bodhisattvas Making Offerings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 255).
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