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 (12): Jatamukuta 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 (12): Jaṭāmukuṭa Lokeśvara
Fig. 12A: Jaṭāmukuṭa Lokeśvara
This is figure 12 in a series of 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara from the Macchandar Vahal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
12. Jaṭāmukuṭa Lokeśvara. He is four-armed and one-faced, the head on the top representing the head of Amitābha. The two right hands show the rosary and the Varada pose, while the two left hold the lotus and the water-pot. He is represented in a standing attitude.
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., Jaṭāmukuṭa Lokeśvara].