Pasho Monastery: Padmapani Avalokitesvara
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Pasho Monastery: Padmapani Avalokitesvara
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Padmapani (lotus-bearer) is an iconographic form of Avalokitesvara. The Bodhisattva stands on a lotus pedestal surrounded by an arched mandorla decorated with flames and topped by a canopy with a jeweled finial. The Bodhisattva wears various ornaments and a dhoti, and adopts the tribhanga posture. The lowered right hand is in varada (wish-granting) mudra and the left hand holds a long-stalked lotus. The attendants are smaller and stand to either side. The one on the right side has four arms while the other figure displays the varada mudra. There is a bird-headed figure kneeling in reverence by the foot of the base.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 805.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Pasho Monastery: Padmapani Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 805.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Pasho Monastery: Padmapani Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:805.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Pasho Monastery: Padmapani Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 805).
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