Buddha Giving Safety (Abhayananda) to Mariners, Leaf from a Dispersed Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnapramita, Pala period, ca. 1090, India (Bengal) or Bangladesh, Ink and color on palm leaf, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); L. 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm), Paintings, above: Buddha giving safety (abhayandada) to mariners, a role more typically assumed by Bodhisattava Avalokitesvara. Celestial celebrants emerge from clouds above, and from the sea, a deity submits to the Buddha's calming powers; perhaps this the planetary deity Rahu, who causes eclipses, hence an association with storms
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