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 (52): Srishtikanta 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 (52): Sṛṣṭikāntā Lokeśvara

Srishtikanta Lokeshvara
Fig. 52A: Sṛṣṭikāntā Lokeśvara

This is figure 52 in a series of 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara from the Macchandar Vahal, Kathmandu, Nepal.

52. Sṛṣṭikāntā Lokeśvara. He is one-faced and two-armed and stands on a lotus. He displays the Varada pose with his right hand, while his empty left hand rests near his navel. A large number of four-armed gods issue from various parts of his body, while Amitābha appears over his head.

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., Sṛṣṭikāntā Lokeśvara].

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