Yongjangsa Temple: Medicine Buddha
Stone
Yongjangsa Temple: Medicine Buddha
SOUTH KOREA, North Gyeongsang, Gyeongju; Unified Silla dynasty
The Medicine Buddha sits cross-legged on a lotus throne with a medicine bowl in the left hand and the right hand in the bhumisparsa (earth-touching) mudra. The monastic robe leaves the right shoulder bare. The distinctive leaf-patterned mandorla encloses a similarly patterned nimbus and aureole with flower-decorations. The throne is a three-tier Sumeru structure, with a reversed lotus resting on a hexagonal base. The sculpture was created during the 8th century and shows elements popular during the Unified Silla dynasty (668–935).
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1419.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Yongjangsa Temple: Medicine Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1419.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Yongjangsa Temple: Medicine Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1419.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Yongjangsa Temple: Medicine Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1419).
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