Shizhongshan Grottoes Niche 15: Vaisravana
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Shizhongshan Grottoes Niche 15: Vaisravana
CHINA, Yunnan, Dali; Nanzhao to Dali period
Located in the Sand Valley area, this niche, measuring 1.52 m wide, 2.83 m high, and 0.15 m deep, houses a low relief of Vaisravana. A stole weaves its way around Vaisravana’s body, and behind his head is a nimbus with flame patterns around its edges. Holding a trident in his right hand, and supporting a pagoda in his left, Vaisravana steps on two yaksas, Nilavajra and Vilamba.
Vaisravana appears often in cave, grotto, and cliff carvings in Yunnan and is closely associated with the deity worship traditions practiced in the Nanzhao (752–902) and Dali (937–1253) Kingdoms.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, page 1405.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Shizhongshan Grottoes Niche 15: Vaisravana." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, vol. 8, 2016, pp. 1405.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Shizhongshan Grottoes Niche 15: Vaisravana" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, 8:1405.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Shizhongshan Grottoes Niche 15: Vaisravana. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S (Vol. 8, pp. 1405).
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