Artist: unknown
Title: The Great Stupa/Mount Meru at Borobudur, detail of a Vairochana
Buddha image.
Material: volcanic rock
Site: Borobudur, Central Java, Indonesia
Current Location: in situ
Period/Date: ca. end of the 8th - beginning of the 9th century,
under Shailendra Dynasty
Iconography/Iconology: Images of Vairocana displaying vitarka,
or discourse, gesture can be seen on the top level of
all four sides of the structure. See iconographic
page for a discussion of the iconography.
Stylistic Comments:
