Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity) - (11 faces, 8 hands)

སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས། 观音菩萨
(item no. 90522)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Nyingma
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Notes about the Central Figure

Alternate Names: Lokeshvara Avalokita Lokanata Lokanatha Mahakarunika

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Avalokiteshvara, Ekadasamukha (Tibetan: chen re zi, shal chu jig, English: the All Seeing Lord with Eleven Faces).

White in colour, peaceful, with eight hands, he stands atop a lotus blossom rising from a pond with a multi-levelled celestial palace behind. Numerous deities, figures and smaller palaces surround the central figure.

Jeff Watt 5-2000

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