Mogao Cave 3: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara - Vasu
Mogao Cave 3: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara - Vasu
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Yuan dynasty
This figure stands to the right of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara on the north wall, mirroring the depiction of Mahadevi on the left. Vasu was a non-Buddhist practitioner who, upon meeting the Buddha, took refuge and became liberated. He looks straight ahead with a strong, contemplative gaze. His eyebrows and beard are long. Vasu wears a green lotus headdress, a wide-sleeved inner garment, and a green outer robe. His palms are joined and he appears gentle and serious.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, page 832.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 3: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara - Vasu." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, vol. 7, 2016, pp. 832.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mogao Cave 3: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara - Vasu" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, 7:832.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mogao Cave 3: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara - Vasu. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo (Vol. 7, pp. 832).
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