Shizhongshan Grottoes Niche 6: Vaisravana (detail)
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Shizhongshan Grottoes Niche 6: Vaisravana
Shizhongshan Grottoes Niche 6: Vaisravana
CHINA, Yunnan, Dali; Nanzhao to Dali period
Located on the right end of Niche 6, Vaisravana appears barefoot stepping on a yaksa. He wears a headdress and his armor bears an image of a beast with fangs in front of his abdomen. A stole is draped over his arms. A pagoda was once held in his right hand, but is now destroyed; the left hand still holds a trident.
Vaisravana and Mahakala have historically been revered by the Bai ethnic group as protection figures.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, page 1393.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Shizhongshan Grottoes Niche 6: Vaisravana." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, vol. 8, 2016, pp. 1393.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Shizhongshan Grottoes Niche 6: Vaisravana" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, 8:1393.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Shizhongshan Grottoes Niche 6: Vaisravana. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S (Vol. 8, pp. 1393).
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