Feilai Peak Caves Niche 32: Vajrapani Bodhisattva
Stone
Feilai Peak Caves Niche 32: Vajrapani Bodhisattva
CHINA, Zhejiang, Hangzhou; Yuan dynasty
Located at the northernmost and of the cave site, an inscription on the right of the niche identifies the carving’s sponsors and creation date. It was commissioned by the wife of an official, Toqto’a, in 1292.
Vajrapani wears a headdress featuring a Buddha image, earrings, garland, necklace, stole, and short dhoti. The Bodhisattva has a round face, protruding eyes, and a short, robust physique. One hand holds a vajra, while the other forms a mudra in front of the chest. Vajrapani stands in the warrior stance, a squatted position with one leg bent and the other stretched out to the side.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, page 365.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Feilai Peak Caves Niche 32: Vajrapani Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, vol. 6, 2016, pp. 365.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Feilai Peak Caves Niche 32: Vajrapani Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, 6:365.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Feilai Peak Caves Niche 32: Vajrapani Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L (Vol. 6, pp. 365).
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