South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c8.s6.2

c8.s6.2

¹ The *Brāhmiya-Silpa* does not include Buddha in the *avatārs* of Vishnu. It mentions Krishna in the place of Buddha. The *Mānasāra* gives a complete description of the figures of Buddha which it says must be made of white stone, very much like the images of Jina (below, p. 262f.) seated or standing on a lion-pedestal under the *pipal* or the wish-giving celestial tree, with two hands, *ushnīsha* (crown), a yellow cloth, broad forehead, long ear-lobes, big eyes, high nose, smiling countenance, long arms, broad chest, fleshy limbs and body. When standing, his arms must be made to hang down loosely.