Bodhisattva Statue

Vassil

by Vassil
published on 12 December 2013

Bodhisattva Statue — Statue of a Bodhisattva (someone who is on the way to obtaining enlightenment) from a Buddhist monastery in Afghanistan, a region where the Buddhist Lokottaravāda school (which emerged from the Mahasanghika school) were known to be prominent.

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