Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.173
Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.173
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c7.173
Seated on a lotus-flower, the symbol of purity and divine birth, in the pose of a *yogini*, Prajnâparamitâ is making with her hands the *mudrâ*, or symbolic sign, of spiritual instruction. Her face has that ineffable expression of heavenly grace which Giovanni Bellini, above all other Italian masters, gave to his Madonnas. Prajnâparamitâ, as the consort of the Adi-Buddha, was regarded as the Mother of the Universe.