North Cave Temple Cave 165: Seven Buddhas (back and south walls)
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North Cave Temple Cave 165: Seven Buddhas
CHINA, Gansu, Qingyang; Northern Wei dynasty
These seven Buddhas stand along the three inner walls, three on the back (east) wall and two on both the north and south walls. The Buddhas all have usnisas and round faces. Short and robust in stature, each is depicted holding the right hand in the abhaya (fearlessness) mudra and the left hand in the varada (wish-granting) mudra. The figures stand barefoot upon a low platform that runs around the perimeter of the chamber. Small attendant Bodhisattvas, measuring 3 m to 4 m in height, are on either side of each Buddha. Their unassuming portrayal is characteristic of the art of the northern tribes.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, page 1277.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "North Cave Temple Cave 165: Seven Buddhas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, vol. 8, 2016, pp. 1277.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "North Cave Temple Cave 165: Seven Buddhas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, 8:1277.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). North Cave Temple Cave 165: Seven Buddhas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S (Vol. 8, pp. 1277).
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