Do any of you know where to find images of indian buddhist art? Maybe there is some digital archive or something? I've found a bunch of them googling but usually are of loe quality.
I'm very curious about deities' original indian depiction instead of tibetan ones.
Anyways, I'll be dumping all I've got to keep the thread alive.
Unless stated in the description, AFAIK all the pics are from the Pala dynasty's illustrated manuscripts.
There are several images of unidentified deities, if anybody can identify them I'd also appreciate it.
The flower, colors, gestures, etc make me think it's Avalokitesvara
Adam Richardson
university of chicago has an online archive but it's kinda frustrated to use
Owen Taylor
Green Tara?
Well, it's a beginning. Thanks for the information
Cooper Ortiz
Unknown
Connor Murphy
Unknown
This one is probably a Vajrayana deity. It holds a vajra and other tools and has that characteristical fire on the background
I like the simpler style compared to tibetan thangkas
Dylan Gutierrez
Unknown (Vajravarahi?)
Henry Carter
Chakrasamvara. This is probably a nepalese one
Carter Barnes
Unknown
Mason King
"Smug" Buddha
Oliver Morales
Unknown.
It's avalable in Wikipedia as an older version of another image (of Mahapratisara), but this one looks like a wrathful deity.
Tyler Adams
Unknown
Gavin Taylor
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Nathan Ramirez
what's going on here?
Hunter Bailey
Manjushri
No idea desu. Probably representd a deity or a bodhisattva
Joshua Howard
Thanks for the thread, these pieces if Art are incredible.
Thomas Carter
Another unnamed one
You're welcome, pham. I still got a lot more to post.
Jeremiah Hernandez
Scenes from the life of Buddha
Isaac Robinson
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Jonathan Mitchell
Whats the deal with all the arms?
Julian Hernandez
Each arm holds an object or makes a gesture. Those represent aspects or qualities. They're symbolic.
Ej: one arm does the abhaya mudra meaning fearlesness, other holds a knife meaning the cutting of ties, etc.
Not always is clear, sometimes the actual meaning is hidden or explained in some text.
Christopher Richardson
Unknown. Looks like some Kali-like deity.
This is one of my favorites , it's the closest I've seen among this one to the average wrathful deity. Sadly the stuff on its hands seems to be very blurred except for the kapala. It probably came with its sadhana's text.
Very interesting piece
Jack Anderson
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Brody Watson
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Jaxon Taylor
Avalokitesvara
Aiden Campbell
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Sebastian Ward
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Logan Green
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Levi Johnson
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Juan Roberts
Bodhisatva Padmapani
Luke Scott
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Dylan Sullivan
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Connor White
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Mason Carter
Art is Indian, but displayed in a museum in China
Eli Thompson
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Hunter Wood
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Samuel Flores
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Anthony Carter
China and India are both ancient places that've had a lot of impact on the world but it seems for China that it's more physical (gunpowder, compass etc etc) while for India it's spiritual /mental (roman numerals, buddhism etc etc)
