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Bodhisattva Padmapani
Religious painting · Gupta

Bodhisattva Padmapani

Artist unknown
478 · Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra

The bodhisattva lowers his eyes with a blue lotus in his hand, painted into living rock at Ajanta and lost to the jungle for centuries.

★ 8.4