AVALOKITESHVARA

On Exhibition

Mcode:01ST2020
Year: 1981
Bronze with silver inlays and semi-precious stones
Size: 235 x 152 cm

About the Art

Avalokiteshvara, is the Bodhisattva of Compassion with eleven heads and a thousand-arm standing in upright posture. Of his eight principal hands: the first pair folds towards his chest holding Chintamani; his second pair hold a crystal rosary and a blue utpala lotus; his third pair hold a golden wheel and a bow and arrow, and his fourth pair make the varada mudra and holds a golden water flask respectively.

सहस्रभुज लोकेश्वोर, करुणाको बोधिसत्व हो र एघार टाउको, एक हजार हात खडा गरी  ठाडो मुद्रामा हुनुहुन्छ। उनका आठ प्रमुख हातहरू मध्ये: पहिलो जोडी आफ्नो छातीतिर चिन्तामणि समातेको; उनको दोस्रो जोडी क्रिस्टल जपमा र नीलो उत्पला कमल समातेको; उनको तेस्रो जोडी सुनौलो पांग्रा र एउटा धनु र वाण समातेको, र चौथो जोडीले वरद मुद्रा बनाएर क्रमशः सुनौलो पानी कलश समातेका छन ।

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