Shalu Monastery Central Hall: Vajrapani Bodhisattva
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Shalu Monastery Central Hall: Vajrapani Bodhisattva
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Vajrapani is one of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas and is often seen with Avalokitesvara and Manjusri as the Three Protectors in Vajrayana Buddhism. The Tang version of the Amoghapasa Dharani Sutra describes Vajrapani with blue skin holding a white whisk and a vajra.
The figure stands in the tribhanga posture. The hair is built into an intricate topknot and encircled by a crown with sidepieces. The right hand holds an upended vajra, which is the figure’s defining attribute. The woven garments are a later addition. The original statue was bare-chested, and the transparent skirt is more suggested than apparent.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1049.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Shalu Monastery Central Hall: Vajrapani Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1049.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Shalu Monastery Central Hall: Vajrapani Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1049.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Shalu Monastery Central Hall: Vajrapani Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1049).
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