Vajrapani Bodhisattva
Bronze
Vajrapani Bodhisattva
INDONESIA
The well-proportioned Bodhisattva stands with the weight of the body on one leg. The right hand holds a prongless vajra pointed at both ends, while the left hand is held at the waist in what is likely the vitarka (teaching) mudra. The high topknot is shaped like a stupa and is secured by a circlet. A Dharma wheel nimbus enclosed by beads and edged with flames encircles the head. The upper body is unadorned except for a few pieces of jewelry and a long beaded sacred thread. The figure wears a knee-length lower garment that is belted at the waist and stands on a double lotus pedestal.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1293.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Vajrapani Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1293.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Vajrapani Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1293.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Vajrapani Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1293).
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