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 (20): Simhanatha 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 (20): Siṃhanātha Lokeśvara

Simhanatha Lokeshvara
Fig. 20A: Siṃhanātha Lokeśvara

This is figure 20 in a series of 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara from the Macchandar Vahal, Kathmandu, Nepal.

20. Siṃhanātha Lokeśvara. He is one-faced and four-armed and sits in Bhadrāsana, or in the European fashion, on a raised seat placed on the lotus. In his two right hands he carries the sword and the jewel, while the two left hold the book and the noose.

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., Siṃhanātha Lokeśvara].

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