Three standing figures to the left of the central unfinished Buddha figure. Figures from the left to right represent Sudhana ("Good wealth"); Avalokiteshvara figure, clad in a dhōtī; his upper torso in animal hide; and hands in āhvāna mudrā (gesture calling for discourse;) and the goddess Arya Tārā. See also Box 18-033 & photo of Tārā. Sudhana, according to the Avatamsaka Sūtra of Mahāyāna Buddhism, is an Indian prince seeking Enlightenment. Avalokitheshvara (Named Natha during Kotte Period; and also Guanyin) is, in Mahāyāna Buddhism, the personification of perfect compassion; the female figure of Tārā, is the Goddess of compassion.
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