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Shrine of the 5th Celestial Buddha, Amoghasiddha on the north side of the base of the temple of Adi Buddha, Sambhunath. April 1854
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Watercolour of the shrine of the 5th Celestial
Buddha, Amoghasiddha at Swayambhunath in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose
Oldfield (1822-1871), dated April 1854. The image is inscribed on
the reverse: 'Shrine of the 5th Celestial Buddha, Amoghasiddha on
the north side of the base of the temple of Adi Buddha, Sambhunath.
April 1854', together with notes.Dr Oldfield, who was Residency
Surgeon at Kathmandu from 1850-1863, wrote in Volume II of his
'Sketches from Nipal, Historical and Descriptive...' (1880): "Round
the base of the hemisphere or mound of the temple and built partly
into its plinth, opposite the four cardinal points, are five large
shrines, covered with copper-gilt, and each of which contains a
gilt image, rather larger than life size, of one of the divine
Buddhas...Above each shrine is a gilt toran or escutcheon, on which
is represented in relief a figure of Garura standing upon a pair of
nagkunyas, or mermaids, each of which is supported upon the coils
of the tail of a grotesque sea-dragon...Below the northern shrine,
is a stone relief of Amoghasiddha, with a couple of attendant
mermaids seated on a coil of snakes. In front of this northern
shrine is a square basin or depression in the pavement, in which
these attendant serpents of Amoghasiddha are supposed to
reside."
Title: Shrine of the 5th Celestial Buddha, Amoghasiddha on the
north side of the base of the temple of Adi Buddha, Sambhunath.
April 1854
Description:
Watercolour of the shrine of the 5th Celestial
Buddha, Amoghasiddha at Swayambhunath in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose
Oldfield (1822-1871), dated April 1854.
The image is inscribed on
the reverse: 'Shrine of the 5th Celestial Buddha, Amoghasiddha on
the north side of the base of the temple of Adi Buddha, Sambhunath.
April 1854', together with notes.
Dr Oldfield, who was Residency
Surgeon at Kathmandu from 1850-1863, wrote in Volume II of his
'Sketches from Nipal, Historical and Descriptive.
' (1880): "Round
the base of the hemisphere or mound of the temple and built partly
into its plinth, opposite the four cardinal points, are five large
shrines, covered with copper-gilt, and each of which contains a
gilt image, rather larger than life size, of one of the divine
Buddhas.
Above each shrine is a gilt toran or escutcheon, on which
is represented in relief a figure of Garura standing upon a pair of
nagkunyas, or mermaids, each of which is supported upon the coils
of the tail of a grotesque sea-dragon.
Below the northern shrine,
is a stone relief of Amoghasiddha, with a couple of attendant
mermaids seated on a coil of snakes.
In front of this northern
shrine is a square basin or depression in the pavement, in which
these attendant serpents of Amoghasiddha are supposed to
reside.
".
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