Birosa Temple: Amitabha and Vairocana Buddhas
Stone
Birosa Temple: Amitabha and Vairocana Buddhas
SOUTH KOREA, North Gyeongsang, Yeongju; Unified Silla dynasty
These gilded sculptures date from about 900 and originally had a lotus throne and mandorla. They were listed as Treasure No. 996 in 1989.
Vairocana Buddha is located on the right, identified by the bodhyangi (wisdom fist) mudra. The figure wears a monastic robe that covers both shoulders. Amitabha Buddha is seated on the left in robes that cover the left shoulder only. The hands are in a variation of the dhyana (meditation) mudra. It is conjectured that the same sculptor made both statues due to their similarities.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 157.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Birosa Temple: Amitabha and Vairocana Buddhas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 157.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Birosa Temple: Amitabha and Vairocana Buddhas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:157.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Birosa Temple: Amitabha and Vairocana Buddhas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 157).
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