Haitangshan Rock Carvings: Amitayus Buddha
Stone
Haitangshan Rock Carvings: Amitayus Buddha
CHINA, Liaoning, Fuxin; Qing dynasty
This carving is located inside an arched niche cut into the cliff wall. The Buddha sits in full lotus position wearing a five-Buddha crown, a lower garment, and a stole around the shoulders; the rest of the upper body remains unclad. Both hands form the dhyana (meditation) mudra. A round nimbus is carved behind the head.
Amitayus Buddha is equivalent to Amitabha Buddha in Chinese Buddhism; however, iconographic depictions of the two Buddhas are widely divergent in Vajrayana Buddhism. This image is sculpted using sunk relief technique and line engraving.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, page 421.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Haitangshan Rock Carvings: Amitayus Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, vol. 6, 2016, pp. 421.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Haitangshan Rock Carvings: Amitayus Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, 6:421.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Haitangshan Rock Carvings: Amitayus Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L (Vol. 6, pp. 421).
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