Buddhist Deity: Amoghapasha Iconography
Amoghapasha Main PageSubjects, Topics & Types:
- Description (below)
- Outline Page
- Forms Outline Page
- Five Deity Configuration
- Appearance:
--- One Face, Two Arms
--- One Face, Four Arms
--- Sculpture Set
--- One Face, Six Arms
--- One Face, Eight Arms
--- One Face, Twelve Arms
--- Three Faces, Four Arms
- Standing Posture:
--- Sculpture
--- Painting
- Painting Set Outline
- Amoghapasha/Khasarpana Relationship
- Avalokiteshvara Main Page
- Confusions: Vishnu, Vishnu Comparison
- Others....
Video: Amoghapasha: The Unfailing Lasso
Study Topics:
- Who is Amoghapasha?
- Confusion between Amoghapasha and Lokehvara.
- Importance of Amoghapasha.
Retinue Figures:
- Two
- Four
- Eight
- Fifteen
- Twenty-nine
- Others...
There are a number of different Amoghapasha mandala configurations that still exist in the Newar and Tibetan Buddhist Traditions. There are also numerous solitary forms that do not have elaborate mandalas or retinue figures. The most common of these forms are typically depicted in Nepalese sculpture. They generally have one face and multiple arms, six, eight or ten, and are shown in a standing posture. (See the Amoghapasha Forms Outline).
Database Search: All Images | Painting | Sculpture | Mandala
Jeff Watt 2008 [updated 4-2011, 4-2017, 12-2019]
(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).
