Buddha Vajrasattva

14th century

14.3 cm 24.8 cm 11.4 cm

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The Sanskrit expression vajrasattva means "the thunderbolt of diamantine (also adamantine) essence," of which Vajrasattva is clearly the embodiment. His alternative epithet dharmadhatu means essence of religion. As an important archetypal deity, Vajrasattva is regarded both as...

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Alice Heeramaneck, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, January 1984, by purchase.
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