Studies in Indian Art c12.s3.t2.12

c12.s3.t2.12

6. Bodhisattva Padmapāṇi or Avalokiteśvara head [No. 2336, deposited in the Mathurā Museum. Reproduced in Plate IV, C, and described on p. 14 of the Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology for 1934, Vol. IX.] The Dhyāni Buddha in the centre of the crown is seated in padmāsana on a lotus, and has both hands in dhyāna mudrā. He wears an elaborate saṅghāṭī covering both shoulders. There is a scalloped halo at the back of his head. There are three Garuḍas on his right and three on the left, above the fillet fastening the crown over the ringlets. There is an ūrṇā dot between the eyebrows. The material is red sand stone at the back with a patch of grey white colour in front.