Nasik Cave 23: Maitreya and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas - Avalokitesvara
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Nasik Cave 23: Maitreya and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas - Maitreya
Nasik Cave 23: Maitreya and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas
INDIA, Maharashtra, Aurangabad
These two Bodhisattvas are similar in virtually all aspects, except for the images found on their headdresses. One image depicts a stupa, so the Bodhisattva is presumed to be Maitreya, and the other depicts a Buddha image, and therefore the Bodhisattva is presumed to be Avalokitesvara. Each Bodhisattva has a nimbus, wears a high topknot, and has a smooth and round face with long earlobes that touch the shoulders. Both figures wear long dhotis and stand in a tribhanga posture. The right hands hold whisks and in the left hands they clasp long-stemmed lotuses that grow up from the ground.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, page 1267.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Nasik Cave 23: Maitreya and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, vol. 8, 2016, pp. 1267.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Nasik Cave 23: Maitreya and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, 8:1267.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Nasik Cave 23: Maitreya and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S (Vol. 8, pp. 1267).
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