Gakyeonsa Temple Vairocana Hall: Vairocana Buddha
Stone
Gakyeonsa Temple Vairocana Hall: Vairocana Buddha (detail)
Gakyeonsa Temple Vairocana Hall: Vairocana Buddha
SOUTH KOREA, North Chungcheong, Goesan; Unified Silla dynasty
Vairocana Buddha was a popular focus of devotion at the end of the Unified Silla dynasty (668–935). The Buddha is depicted in full lotus position with hands making the bodhyangi (wisdom fist) mudra. The monastic robe leaves the right shoulder bare and the folds descend in a rippling pattern. The lotus throne on which the figure sits is supported on an octagonal base patterned with lions and clouds. The intersecting aureole and nimbus are also decorated with cloud patterns and incorporated within a flaming mandorla. Nine Buddhas, all seated on clouds decorate the mandorla. The statue was listed as Treasure No. 433 in 1966.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 364.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Gakyeonsa Temple Vairocana Hall: Vairocana Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 364.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Gakyeonsa Temple Vairocana Hall: Vairocana Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:364.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Gakyeonsa Temple Vairocana Hall: Vairocana Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 364).
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