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Stepping to the right, regally crowned and lying over a bed of snakes; [23] in Achala-Vajrapani form he is shown with four heads, four arms and four legs adorned with symbols of vajra, sword, lasso and skull cup and trampling over demons; [23] Mahachakra-Vajrapani is a form with three heads and a third eye, and with six arms and two legs.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... Avalokiteśvara (Padmapani) (Burmese: လောကနတ်; ...
Above the pillars and also behind the stupa are colorful paintings of the Buddha with Padmapani and Vajrapani next to him, they wear jewels and necklaces, while yogis, citizens and Buddhist bhikshu are shown approaching the Buddha with garlands and offerings, with men wearing dhoti and turbans wrapped around their heads. [163]
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Main stupa at Udayagiri Buddhist Complex with four Buddhas enshrined at four niches facing the four cardinal direcitons The Garbhadhatu Mandala with Vairochana, surrounded by (clockwise from top): Ratnaketu, Samantabhadra, Samkusumitaraja, Manjushri, Amitabha, Avalokiteshvara, Divyadundhubhimeghanirghosa, Maitreya.
Avalokiteśvara / Padmapani, Ajanta Caves, India In Chinese Buddhism and East Asia, Tangmi practices for the 18-armed form of Avalokiteśvara called Cundī are very popular. The popularity of Cundī is attested by the three extant translations of the Cundī Dhāraṇī Sūtra from Sanskrit to Chinese, made from the end of the seventh century to ...
The history of cave paintings in India or rock art range from drawings and paintings from prehistoric times, beginning in the caves of Central India, typified by those at the Bhimbetka rock shelters from around 10,000 BP, to elaborate frescoes at sites such as the rock-cut artificial caves at Ajanta and Ellora, extending as late as 6th–10th century CE.
A copperplate inscription of Maharaja Subandhu recording his donation for the repair of the vihara was found at the site of Cave 2. Although the date of the Bagh inscription is missing, his Badwani copperplate inscription is dated in the year (Gupta era) 167 (487); the repair of Cave 2 took place in the late 5th century.