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 (31): Shakyabuddha Lokeshvara (1) 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 (31): Śākyabuddha Lokeśvara (1)
Fig. 31A: Śākyabuddha Lokeśvara (1)
This is figure 31 in a series of 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara from the Macchandar Vahal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
31. Śākyabuddha Lokeśvara (2). He is one-faced and four-armed, and is represented as standing on a lotus. His two right hands hold the arrow and the Khatvāṅga, while his two left show the bow and the Tarjanī.
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., Śākyabuddha Lokeśvara (1)].