Vairocana Buddha
Ink and color on silk
Vairocana Buddha
KOREA; Goryeo dynasty
This mid-13th century painting of Vairocana Buddha was inspired by the “Chapter on Vairocana” in the Avatamsaka Sutra. The Buddha looks up to one side and clasps both hands around the raised right knee. A dark nimbus surrounds the head, and a golden mandorla encircles the figure. Vairocana’s monastic robe is covered with tiny Buddha images, suggesting that this painting dates from the late Goryeo dynasty.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 954.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Vairocana Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 954.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Vairocana Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:954.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Vairocana Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 954).
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