A Dhyani Buddha statue with the Abhaya Mudra gesture
The image shows a statue of Dhyani Buddha (Meditating Buddha) with the Abhaya Mudra gesture. In Sanskrit, mudra literally means seal but refers to the hand gesture and abhaya means fearlessness.
In this gesture, the right-hand palm is held in such a way that it faces outwards with the fingers pointing upwards. It represents fearlessness and reassurance, and the Buddha with this mudra is known as Amoghasidha. In Borobudur, all the Buddha statues facing north have this mudra.
There are 432 Dhyani Buddha statues on the Rūpadhātu layer of the Borobudur. Although these statues look alike, they have different mudras. In Buddhism, there are five different mudras, which are: Bhumisparsha Mudra, Dhyana Mmudra, Abhaya Mudra, Vara Mudra, and Vitāraka Mudra. The Buddha statues facing a particular cardinal direction have the same mudras.
Here are the statues with the other type of mudras:
Related Pages
– Borobudur, Prambanan, Prambanan Bas-Reliefs, Bali, Indonesia
– Angkor Wat, Angkor Wat Bas-Reliefs, Banteay Srei, Cambodia
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