Botasa Temple: Seated Bodhisattva
Botasa Temple: Seated Bodhisattva
SOUTH KOREA, Seoul; Goryeo dynasty
The Bodhisattva, located behind the Great Hero Hall of Botasa Temple, was cut as a bas-relief into an inclining rock that continues into an overhang. The relief is listed as Municipal Tangible Cultural Property No. 89.
Colored white, with painted facial features, the crowned Bodhisattva sits in full lotus position with the right hand raised to form the vitarka (teaching) mudra, and the left extending beyond the knee. A rectangular tablet with an inscription in Chinese characters that read “Homage to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Diamond Assembly” is located to the right. The lotus and scroll leaf decorations around the inscription are common features on sutra covers from the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392).
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 199.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Johnson, Peter and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E},
pages = 199,
title = {{Botasa Temple: Seated Bodhisattva}},
volume = 5,
year = {2016}}