Image: Tibetan - Buddha Shakyamuni - Walters 543082 - Three Quarter
Description: Around the year 1000, it became common in Pala India to depict the Buddha Shakyamuni with a crown on his head to indicate that at the time of his enlightenment he was crowned by cosmic Buddhas. This belief was carried to Tibet. It had a real-life counterpart in the diadem initiations practiced by Tantric Buddhists-ritual crownings that signified passage to a still-higher spiritual status.
Title: Buddha Shakyamuni
Credit: Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork
Author: Anonymous (Tibet)Unknown author
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