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# Figure of Bodhisattva

Silk painting showing seated figure of Bodhisattva with proper right hand holding a raised sword and proper left holding a vajra. He sits in padmasana on a lotus throne with Dhyani-Buddha Amitabh represented on the crest. The body is painted in while and the figure is bejewelled in ornaments and elaborate garments.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 600–999 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm.2002-17-171](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm.2002-17-171) · Pramāṇa
