The Indian Buddhist Iconography

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

This page contains an iconography image of 108 forms of Avalokiteshvara (2): Mojaghanjabala Lokeshvara and represents 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.

108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (2): Mojaghāñjabala Lokeśvara

Mojaghanjabala Lokeshvara
Fig. 2A: Mojaghāñjabala Lokeśvara

This is figure 2 in a series of 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara from the Macchandar Vahal, Kathmandu, Nepal.

2. Mojaghāñjabala (?) Lokesvarā. He stands in the Samabhaṅga attitude on a lotus, with his two hands showing the Abhaya mudrā in the right and the noose in the left.

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (The Watchful Lord) also called Padmapāṇi (Lotus bearer) is the spiritual son of the Dhyāni Buddha Amitābha. He is one of the most popular Bodhisattvas of the Buddhist Pantheon having as many as 108 different forms [viz., Mojaghāñjabala Lokeśvara].

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