Buddhist and Hindu Iconography

A Dakini

Cleveland Museum of Art

Achala, King of the Wrathful Ones

Cleveland Museum of Art

Altarpiece with Buddha Enthroned

Cleveland Museum of Art

Amida

Cleveland Museum of Art

Amida

Cleveland Museum of Art

Amitābha Triad

Cleveland Museum of Art

Amorous Couple (Mithuna) Seated in a Chair

Art Institute of Chicago

Anthropomorph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Arm of Buddha or Bodhisattva

Cleveland Museum of Art

Attendant Bearing a Fly Whisk (Chauri)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Batō (Horse-Headed) Kannon

Cleveland Museum of Art

Boar Incarnation of God Vishnu (Varaha) Lifting the Earth Goddess Bhudevi

Art Institute of Chicago

Bodhidharma on a Reed

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bodhisattva

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bodhisattva

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bodhisattva

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bodhisattva Guanyin of the South Sea

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bodhisattva of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara Padmapani

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bracket with Two Musicians

Cleveland Museum of Art

Buddha Amitayus Holding a Vase of Longevity (Kalasa)

Art Institute of Chicago

Buddha Head

Art Institute of Chicago

Buddha Head

Art Institute of Chicago

Buddha in the Preaching Attitude

Cleveland Museum of Art

Buddha of the Future (Miroku Bosatsu)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Buddha with Attendants on Mythical Animal

Art Institute of Chicago

Buddha with Left Hand in Gesture of Gift Giving (Varadamudra)

Art Institute of Chicago

Buddhist Temple, Kalani

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bust of Buddha

Art Institute of Chicago

Bust of Crowned and Adorned Buddha

Art Institute of Chicago

Conch Shell with a Figure of Hevajra

Cleveland Museum of Art

Corinthian Capital with Sun God Surya Riding a Chariot (Quadriga)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cover for a Box Decorated with Shiva, Vishnu, Krishna, and Ganesha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Crouching Dwarf Musician

Cleveland Museum of Art

Crowned Head

Art Institute of Chicago

Dancing God Shiva (Natesha)

Art Institute of Chicago

De bodhisattva Maitreya

Rijksmuseum

De boeddha Amida

Rijksmuseum

Devi Enshrined and Holding the Tongue of a Demon

Cleveland Museum of Art

Door Lintel (Pare)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Durga Destroying the Buffalo Demon

Cleveland Museum of Art

Durga as the Slayer of the Buffalo Demon

Cleveland Museum of Art

Eleven-Headed Guanyin

Cleveland Museum of Art

Emaciated Siddhartha

Art Institute of Chicago

Enlightened Protector Mahakala with Six Arms (Shadbhuja)

Art Institute of Chicago

Female Figure, Probably a Nature Divinity (Yakshi)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Female Head

Cleveland Museum of Art

Female nature spirit

Rijksmuseum

Five-pronged Vajra Pestle (Gokosho)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Four-Armed God Vishnu

Art Institute of Chicago

Gajalakshmi: Lakshmi with Elephants

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ganesh

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ganesha

Rijksmuseum

Ganesha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ganesha-Janani (Mother of Ganesh)

Cleveland Museum of Art

God Shiva Seated in Loving Embrace with Goddess Uma on the Bull Nandi

Art Institute of Chicago

God Shiva as the Supreme Teacher (Dakshinamurti)

Art Institute of Chicago

God Vishnu

Art Institute of Chicago

God Vishnu Astride His Mount, Garuda

Art Institute of Chicago

Goddess Green Tara Standing with Hand in Gesture of Gift-Giving (varadamudra)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goddess Mangala, from a Devi Series

Cleveland Museum of Art

Goddess Shridevi, Consort of Vishnu

Art Institute of Chicago

Goddess Tara with Hand in Gesture of Reassurance (Abhayamudra)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goddess Uma

Cleveland Museum of Art

Goddess standing on a mountaintop

Cleveland Museum of Art

Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) Standing before Flaming Aureole and Holding a Water Bottle

Art Institute of Chicago

Halo

Cleveland Museum of Art

Halo for Buddha of the Future (Miroku Bosatsu)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head from a Figurine of a Child

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of Bodhisattva

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of Bodhisattva

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of Buddha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of Buddha

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of Buddha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of Buddha or Bodhisattva

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of Emaciated Siddhartha

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of Ni-o with Open Mouth

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of Shiva

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of Vishnu

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Deity or a Deified King

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Male Deity (<em>Deva</em>)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Yaksha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Heavenly beauty

Rijksmuseum

Jambhala, the God of Wealth, Seated on a Dragon

Art Institute of Chicago

Jvaradeva, God of Fever

Art Institute of Chicago

Kannon

Cleveland Museum of Art

Kannon (base)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Karttikeya, Commander of the Divine Army, Seated on a Peacock

Art Institute of Chicago

Kneeling Male Figure

Cleveland Museum of Art

Kubjika–Navatman

Cleveland Museum of Art

Lady Offering Food to a Monk, From a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)

Art Institute of Chicago

Layman bearing offerings

Cleveland Museum of Art

Liggende stier

Rijksmuseum

Lintel with Garuda

Cleveland Museum of Art

Lovers (Mithuna)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Mahavairochana

Art Institute of Chicago

Maitreya

Cleveland Museum of Art

Male Bust with Rolling Curls

Art Institute of Chicago

Medicine Master Buddha and the Twelve Divine Generals

Cleveland Museum of Art

Miroku: Future Buddha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Monk

Art Institute of Chicago

Naga-enthroned Buddha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance

Cleveland Museum of Art

Noh Mask of Okina

Cleveland Museum of Art

Noh Mask: Waka-onna

Cleveland Museum of Art

Offerings of Food, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)

Art Institute of Chicago

One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)

Art Institute of Chicago

Painted Banner (Thangka) from a Set of Seven Portraying the Sixteen Arhats (Elders), Early Disciples of the Historical Buddha Shakyamuni

Art Institute of Chicago

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Bodhisattva Manjushri with Vajrapani (right) and Padmapani (left)

Art Institute of Chicago

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Dharmatala from a Set of Seven Portraying the Sixteen Arhats (Elders), Early Disciples of the Historical Buddha Shakyamuni

Art Institute of Chicago

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Green Tara Surrounded by Twenty Manifestations

Art Institute of Chicago

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Sage Guru Padmasambhava Seated Holding a Thunderbolt (Vajra) and Skull Cup (Kapala)

Art Institute of Chicago

Painted Banner (Thangka) with Guru Dragpur, a Wrathful Form of Padmasambhava

Art Institute of Chicago

Pair of Deity Earrings with Vishnu on Garuda (front) and chepu (monster mask) (back)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pair of Guardian Kings (Niō)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pedestal

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pendant with Four-armed Green Vishnu on a lotus with Nagas

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pillar Fragment with Gods Shiva and Ganesha and Goddesses Parvati and Durga

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Dharmakirti

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Hottō Enmyō Kokushi

Cleveland Museum of Art

Prajnaparamita, Goddess of Wisdom

Art Institute of Chicago

Presentation of Offerings, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)

Art Institute of Chicago

Presentation of Offerings, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)

Art Institute of Chicago

Prince Shōtoku at Age Two (Shōtoku Taishi)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ritual Drum (damaru)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ritual conch shell

Cleveland Museum of Art

River Goddess Ganga with Attendants

Art Institute of Chicago

Scenes from the Life of Buddha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Bodhisattva

Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Buddha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Buddha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Buddha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Buddha

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seated Buddha (lotus pedestal)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Buddha (sculpture)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Maitreya

Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Mother Goddess

Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Shakyamuni Buddha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Two-armed Ganesa

Cleveland Museum of Art

Section of a Pagoda-Shaped Stele

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Serpent King (Nagaraja) Emerging from a Lotus

Art Institute of Chicago

Shadakshari Mahavidya

Art Institute of Chicago

Shakyamuni Triad: Buddha Attended by Manjushri and Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva with Elephant)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Shamvara

Cleveland Museum of Art

Shiva

Cleveland Museum of Art

Shiva Embracing Parvati

Art Institute of Chicago

Shiva and Devi on Gajasura's hide

Cleveland Museum of Art

Shiva as Lord of Music

Cleveland Museum of Art

Shotoku Taishi

Rijksmuseum

Simian Mother and Child

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Amitabha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Standing Bodhisattva

Harvard Art Museums

Standing Buddha

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Buddha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Standing Buddha with Left Hand in Gift Giving Gesture (varadamudra)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Female Figure

Cleveland Museum of Art

Standing Male Figure

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Standing Tara

Cleveland Museum of Art

Stele with Maitreya and Attendants

Cleveland Museum of Art

Tantric Deities Hevajra and Nairatmya in Ritual Embrace (Yab-Yum)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Assembly of Tejaprabha Buddha

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Bodhisattvas of the Ten Stages in Attaining the Most Perfect Knowledge; The Eight Hosts of Deva, Naga, and Yakshi

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Parasol (chatra), from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Parinirvana of the Buddha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya and Vessel Overflowing with Foliage (Purnagata)

Art Institute of Chicago

Triad

Cleveland Museum of Art

Trident with Shiva as Half-Woman (Ardhanarishvara)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Two Beautiful Women (Surasundari) Dressing with an Attendant

Art Institute of Chicago

Vairochana Buddha Seated Giving the First Sermon (Dharmachakramudra)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vajrapani Embroidered Mount with Garuda

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vak, an Emanation of the Buddha Amitabha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Varaha, Boar Incarnation of Vishnu

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vishnu

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vishnu

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vishnu Riding on Garuda

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vishnu and Lakshmi

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vishnu with Shri and Bhu

Cleveland Museum of Art

Votive Plaque with God Vishnu

Art Institute of Chicago

Wave (ramma)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Welcoming Descent of Jizō

Cleveland Museum of Art

White-Robed Guanyin

Cleveland Museum of Art

White-Robed Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) in "Thrice-Bent" Pose (Tribhanga), Holding a Vase with Nectar of Immortality (Amrta)

Art Institute of Chicago

Zaō Gongen

Cleveland Museum of Art