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Standing Padmapani
Original Location: Nalanda, Bihar
Present Location: National Museum, New Delhi
Date: 9th Century CE
Period: Early Medieval
Material: Bronze
Objects: Sculpture
Dimensions: H 51.4 x W 18.0 x D 11.5 cm
Credits: National Museum, New Delhi
This figure of Bodhisattva Padmapani in a standing position is made in gilt bronze. The right hand is in varada-mudra (gift bestowing attitude) while in the left hand he holds the stalk of a full-blown lotus. The figure is surrounded by an oval-shaped Prabhavali (aureole) having a flaming border and three full-blown lotus with petals inside. The hair is dressed high and three locks fall on each shoulder. He has extended lobes and lines on the neck.
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