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The Buddhist Pantheon: Tara, bronze, Kurkihar, Bihar, c. 10th century AD

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dc.contributor.authorMinistry of Information and Broadcasting
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Kurkihar, Bihar)
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-18T23:25:55Z
dc.date.available2019-12-18T23:25:55Z
dc.date.created1956
dc.date.updated2019-12-18T23:25:55Z
dc.descriptionThe worship of Tara became popular as early as the 5th-6th cent. A.D. Hsuan Tsang in the 7th cent. saw many Tara images in northern India. This goddess assumes innumerable forms and is usually represented with a lotus since she is believed to have originated from a lotus in the waters of a lake formed by a tear of Avalokitesvara. Here in Lalitasana pose. -- (Patna Museum).
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.identifierANUA 682-3743
dc.identifier.otherAR BUD-195
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/196128
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectBuddhism, Background: Bodhisattva's life, Buddha's message, Growth of Buddhism, Buddhist Pantheon
dc.subjectbronze sculpture
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleThe Buddhist Pantheon: Tara, bronze, Kurkihar, Bihar, c. 10th century AD
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource: The Way of the Buddha, Delhi, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 1956, Section V, Illustration 43

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