File:Acala, the Buddhist Protector.jpg
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English: Acala, The Buddhist Protector. Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, early Malla period. Distemper and gold on cloth, 32 x 26 1/2 in. (81.3 x 67.3 cm). Acala (literally, “immovable”) is a wrathful manifestation of Manjushri. He wields a sword to dispatch ignorance and a noose to snare disbelievers. His enflamed wide eyes and a facial grimace exposing teeth express his fearsome aspect. He kneels with one knee on the ground, evoking his role as a protector of the earth. He is set in a flaming aureole, his knowledge field, and is honored with an elaborate archway (torana) topped by Garuda fighting two nagas. Numerous protective emanations surround him in a series of registers; in the lower register, a Vajracharya priest performs rituals for the benefit of the donor family seated opposite. |
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| Date | 15th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/38011 direct link | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 19:25, 18 March 2015 | | 3,163 × 3,704 (4.28 MB) | Yann | {{Information |Description={{en|Acala, The Buddhist Protector. Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, early Malla period. Distemper and gold on cloth, 32 x 26 1/2 in. (81.3 x 67.3 cm).}} |Source=http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/38011... |
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