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 (22): Manipadma 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 (22): Maṇipadma Lokeśvara
Fig. 22A: Maṇipadma Lokeśvara
This is figure 22 in a series of 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara from the Macchandar Vahal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
22. Maṇipadma Lokeśvara. He is one-faced and four-armed and sits in the Vajraparyaṅka attitude on a lotus. His two principal hands are joined against his chest forming the Añjali and the other pair holds the rosary in the right hand and the lotus in the left. He is identical in form with No. 6 described above [below].
6. Ṣaḍakṇarī Lokeśvara. He sits in the Vajraparyaṅka attitude. He has four arms and one face. The principal pair of hands is joined against the chest in forming the Añjali. The second pair carries the rosary in the right and the lotus 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., Maṇipadma Lokeśvara].