Vajrapani Bodhisattva
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Vajrapani Bodhisattva
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Vajrapani stands on a lotus pedestal in the tribhanga posture, with the weight of the body on the left leg. The tall three-leaf crown worn by the Bodhisattva encloses a topknot equally as high, from which locks of hair fall over the shoulders. The rest of the figure’s jewelry is plain, and the earrings are different in each ear. A long sacred thread loops down the body. A hollow openwork nimbus edged with flames surrounds the figure’s head. A sash is worn diagonally around the hips. A four-ended vajra is held in the left hand, and the right hand holds a jewel.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1293.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Vajrapani Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1293.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Vajrapani Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1293.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Vajrapani Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1293).
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