Haeinsa Temple: Vairocana Buddhas
Wood
Haeinsa Temple: Vairocana Buddhas
SOUTH KOREA, South Gyeongsang, Hapcheon; Unified Silla dynasty
The figures are regarded as among the earliest wooden Buddhist statues in Korea. When the statues were re-gilded, workers discovered Buddhist texts inside the hollowed bodies. Ink inscriptions were also found on the statues’ backs dating them to 883. They are listed as Provincial Tangible Cultural Property No. 41.
The two Buddhas are seated cross-legged on ornate lotus thrones. Their eyes are half-closed and they have usnisas decorated with a jewel. The figures form the bodhyangi (wisdom fist) mudra in which the forefinger of the left hand is enclosed in the right fist. The monastic robes leave the Buddhas’ right shoulders bare.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 409.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Haeinsa Temple: Vairocana Buddhas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 409.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Haeinsa Temple: Vairocana Buddhas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:409.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Haeinsa Temple: Vairocana Buddhas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 409).
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