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 (27): Brahmadanda 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 (27): Brahmadaṇḍa Lokeśvara
Fig. 27A: Brahmadaṇḍa Lokeśvara
This is figure 27 in a series of 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara from the Macchandar Vahal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
27. Brahmadaṇḍa Lokeśvara. He is one-faced and four-armed, sits in the Lalita attitude on a lotus, and is accompanied by his Śakti who sits on his lap. His two right hands show the Tridaṇḍi and the Varada pose, while the two left show the Ratnakalaśa (vessel containing jewels) and a mudrā with the index and little fingers pointing outwards. The Śakti displays the Varada pose in the right hand and the Abhaya 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., Brahmadaṇḍa Lokeśvara].