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 (39): Sarvashokatamonirghata 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 (39): Sarvaśokatamonirghāta Lokeśvara
Fig. 39A: Sarvaśokatamonirghāta Lokeśvara
This is figure 39 in a series of 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara from the Macchandar Vahal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
39. Sarvaśokatamonirghāta Lokeśvara. He is one-faced and fourarmed and sits in the Vajraparyaṅka attitude on a lotus. Each of his two principal hands exhibits the Abhaya pose against his chest, while the other two hands hold the rosary in the right and the Utpala 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., Sarvaśokatamonirghāta Lokeśvara].