Indian art and culture / Sculpture
Buddhist and Jain iconography
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- Mudras: bhumisparsha (earth as witness against Mara), dhyana, abhaya, varada, vitarka, dharmachakra, anjali
- Padmapani (Avalokiteshvara with lotus), Vajrapani, Maitreya (future Buddha), Manjushri, Tara
- Eight great events in sculpture: birth, enlightenment, first sermon, mahaparinirvana (Ajanta cave 26), Sravasti miracle
- Tirthankara images: Rishabha's hair, Parshvanatha's serpent hood, Mahavira's lion; Bahubali at Shravanabelagola; Jina in kayotsarga and padmasana