Jalavahana
No. 2 (33) (2024), Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography by Lokesh Chandra
No. 2 (33) (2024)

Jalavahana

Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography by Lokesh Chandra
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46748/ARTEURAS.2024.02.016
Published 2024-06-28
Lokesh Chandra
International Academy of Indian Culture, New Delhi, India

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Sophia M. Belokurova
Altai State Technical University; Regional branch of the Urals, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Academy of Arts in Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation

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Abstract

The article is devoted to the iconography and symbolism of Jalavahana, a character in the Suvarnaprabhasa Sutra, a Mahayana Buddhist sacred text. The article includes an image from Karmapa Rangjung Dorje's treatise 100 Jatakas (Astasahashrika Pantheon), as well as information from the Chinese edition of the Tripitaka, a collection of canonical Buddhist books, and works on late Buddhist sculpture in China.  The article by Lokesh Chandra from the Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography has been translated by S.M. Belokurova.

https://doi.org/10.46748/ARTEURAS.2024.02.016

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