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Thousand-armed Guanyin (Qianshou Guanyin 千手觀音), niche 21, Yuanjue dong 圓覺洞

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This is a composition of Dabei gathering with Thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara (Qianshou Guanyin 千手觀音) at the center of niche 21, Yuanjue dong 圓覺洞, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省. A poor man and a preta kneel next to the deity in order to receive the nectar dripping from Guanyin's hands [1][2][3][4]. From left to right we find a poor man, a lay attendant, and Vásishtha [5]. From right to left we find a preta, a lay attendant, and Śrī-mahādevī [6]. References: Chengdu wenwu kaogu yanjiusuo 成都文物考古研究所, Beijing daxue Zhongguo kaogu yanjiu zhongxin 北京大學中國考古學研究中心, and Anyue xian wenwuju 安岳縣文物局, 2013: “Sichuan Anyue xian Yuanjue dong moya shike zaoxiang diaocha baogao" 四川安岳縣圓覺洞摩崖石刻造像調查報告 in Sichuan daxue bowuguan 四川大學博物館, Sichuan daxue kaoguxue xi 四川大學考古學系, and Chengdu wenwu kaogu yanjiusuo 成都文物考古研究所 (eds) Nanfang minzu kaogu 南方民族考古 vol. 9. Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, pp. 365–449. Ra Suijun 羅翠恂 2017: "Jia jiang qian fu yan moya zaoxiang zhi qian shou qian yan guanyin xiang – sichuan xibi zhong wan tang qian shou qian yan guanyi xiang de shidài tezhi 夾江千佛岩摩崖造像之千手千眼觀音像–四川西部中晚唐千手千眼觀音像的時代特徵" In Sichuan jiajiang qianfoyan tangdai fojiao yishu yanjiu 四川夾江千佛岩唐代佛教藝術研究. Chengdu: Sichuan renmin chubanshe. Tamami Hamada, 2021: "Images of Thousand-armed and Thousand-eyed Avalokiteśvara with Cintāmaṇicakra and Amoghapāśa as attendants: References to the chanting of the ‘Dabeixin Dhāraṇī’ 大悲心陀羅尼" Studies in Chinese Religions, 7, pp. 159-172. Metadata created by: Yalin Du, Sijia Li, Clara Ma, Jie Zhang.

Sichuan Sheng (China); Anyue Xian (China); Yuanjue dong (China); 30.090897705; 105.3448909

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