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 (26): Vrishnacana 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 (26): Vṛṣṇācana Lokeśvara
Fig. 26A: Vṛṣṇācana Lokeśvara
This is figure 26 in a series of 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara from the Macchandar Vahal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
26. Vṛṣṇācana Lokeśvara. He is one-faced and six-armed and sits in the Lalita attitude on a lotus. The three right hands display the Utpala, the arrow and the Varada pose, while the three left show the book, the bow and the Abhaya pose.
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., Vṛṣṇācana Lokeśvara].