Aksobhya Buddha
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Aksobhya Buddha
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The Buddha is seated in full lotus position with the right hand touching the ground in the bhumisparsa (earth-touching) mudra. Normally, this mudra is identified with Sakyamuni Buddha, but it also denotes Aksobhya Buddha, who is further identified by an attribute balanced on his left hand, often an upright vajra, although that is missing. A gem is located at the tip of the Buddha’s usnisa, while the urna is only a dot. The Buddha wears a monastic robe with numerous folds that leaves the right shoulder bare. The statue may have been made in Nepal or Tibet.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 11.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Aksobhya Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 11.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Aksobhya Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:11.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Aksobhya Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 11).
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