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16th Century Tibetan Dhyani Buddha Vairocana browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Indian Subcontinent:Himalayas: Pre 1700: item # 801717 Please refer to our stock # 1066 when inquiring.
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Details: A charming example of a gilt Tibetan image of Vairocana one of the five transcendent Dhyani Buddhas. He is seated in vajrasana on a high stepped teardrop double lotus base. His head is broad and his face serene with heavy lidded downcast eyes surmounted by a tall ushnisha rising from the centre of his head. His hands are clasped together in dharmachakra mudra (the teaching mudra) in front of his broad and upright shoulders, the left of which is covered by a free flowing diaphanous sanghati. In Mahayana and tantric Buddhism, the supreme buddha who is the cosmic counterpart of Sakyamuni in his teaching mode. He is the most prominent of the five Dhyani buddhas, those who were born as humans to propagate the dharma. Though without canonical basis, Vairocana holds a special place in Tibetan Buddhism and has a special role in the Avatamsaka-sutra, in which he is the solar buddha who is both the ultimate reality of the cosmos and the one who pervades its component parts. His symbol is the wheel and he is usually depicted with his hands in the teaching mudra. Meditation on Vairocana vanquishes ignorance. Age: 16th Century. Height: 14.5 cm. Remarks: The style of this piece suggests it could be form Eastern Tibet near the Chinese border. |
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