The Statue of Tara is a gilt-bronze sculpture of Tara that dates from the 7th–8th century AD in Sri Lanka. Some argue it was looted from the last King of Kandy when the British annexed Kandy in the early nineteenth century.

Worldwide, the most popular Buddhist goddess today is Tara. Consecrated images of Tara reside in almost every Tibetan monastery in the Himalayan regions of Tibet, Nepal, and Northwestern India. Consecration of a sculpture intended for worship occurs through an eye-opening ceremony.

Tara (Sanskrit: तारा, tārā; Standard Tibetan: སྒྲོལ་མ, dölma), Ārya Tārā (Noble Tara), also known as Jetsün Dölma (Tibetan: rje btsun sgrol ma, meaning: "Venerable Mother of Liberation"), is an important female Buddha in Buddhism, especially revered in Vajrayana Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism.

This image is of the popular Buddhist goddess, Tara, the consort of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. Buddhism arrived in Sri Lanka in about the third century B.C.E. and has had a continuous history on the island ever since.

Tara, the supreme Buddhist saviouress, grants boons to devotees with her outstretched lower hand delicately clasping a flower bud. A lotus in full bloom adorns her shoulder. She is richly bejeweled, her openwork diadem inset with turquoise and semiprecious stones.

2023年8月2日 · Tara (Sankritt translation:savior or star) appears as a female deity in both Hinduism and Buddhism, adopting different roles in Mahayana, Theravada and Vajrayana schools of Buddhist philosophy. She is a symbol of transformation, capable of manifesting in 21 different forms, invoking varied powers while encouraging adherents towards ...

1976年5月1日 · A savior goddess, Tara is the female counterpart of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. Tara is an embodiment of feminine grace and compassion. In both Nepal and Tibet she has enjoyed great popularity. This impressive sculpture is one of the largest and finest metal images of the goddess known.

Tara is the consort of a Bodhisattva – a Buddhist deity who, having achieved enlightenment, chose to relinquish it to help alleviate the suffering of humanity. Tara’s right hand thus reaches...

This jewel of a sculpture portrays the most popular and widely venerated female deity in Himalayan Buddhist culture, Green Tara. She is said to represent the activities of all the buddhas, and the invocation formula, or mantra, addressed to her is known by most practitioners of Tibetan Buddhist traditions in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Mongolia, and ...

Title: Seated Tara, the Buddhist Savior. Date: 13th–15th century. Culture: Tibet. Medium: Copper alloy inlaid with gold and silver. Dimensions: H. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); D. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm) Classification: Sculpture. Credit Line: Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987. Object Number: 1987.142.357