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The earliest mandala of Subhakarasimha (637-735 CE)

Author :  Chandra, Lokesh

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Country
India
Publisher
Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi
ISBN 9788195096114
Format HardBound
Language English
Year of Publication 2021
Bib. Info 119p.; 29 cm. Includes Index.
Categories Indology
Product Weight 680 gms.
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This volume illustrates the scroll of Rtasamhara. It is the earliest known iconography of the Vajradhatu-mandala, probably drawn by Subhakara (637-735) himself. It bears his signatures at the end: the only signature of a master of Nalanda. He was an expert sculptor of images. It illustrates every deity in sambhoga-kaya, consort, dharmakaya and nirmanakaya form. The four forms have been placed alongside for clarity. In 1982 Roger Goepper was describing the dharani-mandala in the Sumtsek of Alchi. He was puzzled by its central group whose figures were all female.

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