Namamsa Temple: Vairocana Buddha
Stone
Namamsa Temple: Vairocana Buddha
SOUTH KOREA, South Gyeongsang, Sancheong; Unified Silla dynasty
Vairocana sits on a three-layered lotus throne on which there is an inscription stating that the statue was carved by two monks in 766. The worn figure sits in full lotus position and is identified by the bodhyangi (wisdom fist) mudra. The Buddha’s right fist encloses the raised index finger of the fist below. The monastic robe covers both shoulders and is open at the chest. A few raised folds can still be distinguished where the sleeve hangs over the right arm. Little of the mandorla remains apart from some fragments of the flames that surround an aureole and nimbus set with rosettes.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 754.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Namamsa Temple: Vairocana Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 754.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Namamsa Temple: Vairocana Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:754.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Namamsa Temple: Vairocana Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 754).
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