The Indian Buddhist Iconography

by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya | 1958 | 51,392 words | ISBN-10: 8173053138 | ISBN-13: 9788173053139

This page contains an iconography image of Bodhisattva Candraprabha and represents figure 59 of the book Indian Buddhist Iconography, based on extracts of the Sadhanamala English translation. These plates and illustrations represent either photographs of sculptures or line-drawing reproductions of paintings or other representations of Buddhist artwork.

Figure 59 - Bodhisattva Candraprabha

Candraprabha
Figure 59: Candraprabha

Bodhisattva Candraprabha (Light of the Moon) is described thrice in the Niṣpannayogāvalī. Thus the recognition symbol of Candraprabha is the moon on lotus. In the Chinese collection Candraprabha occurs only once. Fig. 59 is a Nepalese drawing of Candraprabha.

Colour: white;
Symbol: moon on lotus;

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