Mogao Cave 61: Illustration of the Tejaprabha Buddha Dharani Sutra - Twelve Zodiac Signs (detail)
Mogao Cave 61: Illustration of the Tejaprabha Buddha Dharani Sutra - Twelve Zodiac Signs - Aquarius and Leo
Mogao Cave 61: Illustration of the Tejaprabha Buddha Dharani Sutra - Twelve Zodiac Signs - Scorpio
Mogao Cave 61: Illustration of the Tejaprabha Buddha Dharani Sutra - Twelve Zodiac Signs - Aries
Mogao Cave 61: Illustration of the Tejaprabha Buddha Dharani Sutra - Twelve Zodiac Signs
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Yuan dynasty
These symbols representing the Twelve Zodiac Signs are part of the illustration of the Tejaprabha Buddha Dharani Sutra located on the north and south walls of the corridor. Each sign is illustrated within a circle. For example, there are a ram symbolizing Aries two fish for Pisces, scales for Libra, a scorpion for Scorpio, a man and a horse symbolizing Sagittarius, a water vase for Aquarius, a lion for Leo, and two children representing Gemini. These images were for purposes of veneration and not for astrological reading.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, page 892.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 61: Illustration of the Tejaprabha Buddha Dharani Sutra - Twelve Zodiac Signs." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, vol. 7, 2016, pp. 892.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mogao Cave 61: Illustration of the Tejaprabha Buddha Dharani Sutra - Twelve Zodiac Signs" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, 7:892.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mogao Cave 61: Illustration of the Tejaprabha Buddha Dharani Sutra - Twelve Zodiac Signs. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo (Vol. 7, pp. 892).
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