Eastern Indian School of Mediaeval Sculpture c6.98

c6.98

The next specimen is a standing image of Lokanātha with six hands, which was dedicated by one Chakshu-glāṇa Ujjaka. In this image we find two seated female figurines on each side of the head, on lotus brackets. The one on the left has four hands and that on the right, two hands. The Bodhisattva has the figure of Amitābha in his headdress. One of his left hands is in the posture of giving protection, the second holds a rosary (akshasūtra), while the third is broken. In the upper right hand he holds a lotus with stalk, with the second he holds an object which resembles a trident, while the third is broken. As in the two previous cases we have a two-armed female attendant on the left and a four-armed female on the right, both being headless (No. 3796).²