Samantabhadra Bodhisattva
Gilt bronze
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva
CHINA; Liao dynasty
The Bodhisattva is seated on a lotus in the relaxation posture with one foot resting on a lotus while the elephant mount also paces forward on four lotuses. Samantabhadra is traditionally regarded as the protector of the Lotus Sutra and represents the practical aspect of the Dharma. The figure’s hands are forming mudras. The Bodhisattva wears stoles that wind around the arms and a necklace of many strands over the breast plates. The six-tusked elephant on which the Bodhisattva’s throne is mounted is bridled and saddled.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 941.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Samantabhadra Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 941.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Samantabhadra Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:941.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 941).
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