The Indian Buddhist Iconography

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

This page contains an iconography image of (Avalokiteshvara): Pretasantarpita (or Pretasamtarpita) and represents figure 118 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 118 - (Avalokiteśvara): Pretasantarpita (or Pretasaṃtarpita)

Pretasantarpita
Figure 118: Pretasantarpita

Only one Sādhana in the Sādhanamālā describes this form of Avalokiteśvara. The Dhyāna describing the form of Pretasantarpita (Pretasaṃtarpita) is brief. Fig. 118 illustrates a Nepalese drawing of Pretasantarpita Lokeśvara.

Colour: white;
Arms: six;

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