EditorialHanna Mudra, nicknamed “Goryslava”, performs during a concert for soldiers in Bucha, Ukraine on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. (Laura Boushnak/The New York Times)
EditorialManuscript Cover with Enshrined Sakyamuni Buddha with Hand in Earth Touching (Bhumisparsha) Mudra. Tibet; Central Tibet. Date: 1401-1500. Dimensions: 25.2 x 70.8 x 3.9 cm (9 15/16 x 27 7/8 x 1 1/2 in.). Wood with traces of gilding. Origin: Tibet.
EditorialObverse: Azes II on horseback, with right, right arm raised, presumably hand in Buddhist mudra. Reverse: Zeus, standing, with Nik? on right hand. Surrounded by inscriptions. Under Nik?, caduceus or inscription ?, coin, tetradrachm of Azes II, an Indo-S...
EditorialManuscript Cover with Enshrined Sakyamuni Buddha with Hand in Earth Touching (Bhumisparsha) Mudra. Tibet; Central Tibet. Date: 1401-1500. Dimensions: 25.2 x 70.8 x 3.9 cm (9 15/16 x 27 7/8 x 1 1/2 in.). Wood with traces of gilding. Origin: Tibet.
EditorialManuscript Cover with Enshrined Sakyamuni Buddha with Hand in Earth Touching (Bhumisparsha) Mudra. Tibet; Central Tibet. Date: 1401-1500. Dimensions: 25.2 x 70.8 x 3.9 cm (9 15/16 x 27 7/8 x 1 1/2 in.). Wood with traces of gilding. Origin: Tibet.
EditorialMudras. ‘9. Sagnon’ [sa-gnon]’ position of repose assumed by Shakya when he had freed the world from evil spirits.’ ‘So far applies to Shakya: the others are position of Deotas’ ‘10. Gingbag’ [hgyin-hbag]’ the name of hands in this po...
EditorialManuscript Cover with Enshrined Sakyamuni Buddha with Hand in Earth Touching (Bhumisparsha) Mudra. Tibet; Central Tibet. Date: 1401-1500. Dimensions: 25.2 x 70.8 x 3.9 cm (9 15/16 x 27 7/8 x 1 1/2 in.). Wood with traces of gilding. Origin: Tibet.
EditorialMudras. ‘9. Sagnon’ [sa-gnon]’ position of repose assumed by Shakya when he had freed the world from evil spirits.’ ‘So far applies to Shakya: the others are position of Deotas’ ‘10. Gingbag’ [hgyin-hbag]’ the name of hands in this po...
EditorialMudras. ‘9. Sagnon’ [sa-gnon]’ position of repose assumed by Shakya when he had freed the world from evil spirits.’ ‘So far applies to Shakya: the others are position of Deotas’ ‘10. Gingbag’ [hgyin-hbag]’ the name of hands in this po...
EditorialMudras. ‘9. Sagnon’ [sa-gnon]’ position of repose assumed by Shakya when he had freed the world from evil spirits.’ ‘So far applies to Shakya: the others are position of Deotas’ ‘10. Gingbag’ [hgyin-hbag]’ the name of hands in this po...
EditorialFragment of a Halo with Buddha Figure, Khotan Kingdom, 6th?7th century, China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region), Stucco with color, 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (8.9 x 12.1 cm), Sculpture, These fragments are from an elaborate halo that once adorned a larger-than-life...
EditorialShiva and Parvati, 19th century, India (Pahari Hills), Ink and translucent watercolor on paper, Image (sight): 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (13 x 12.1 cm), Paintings, The god Shiva is shown in the wilderness as an ascetic with snakes coiling around his arms and i...
EditorialMeditating Buddha Attended by Two Bodhisattvas, 7th?8th century, Pakistan (Swat Valley), Marble, H. 22 1/4 in. (56.5 cm); W. 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm); D. 5 in. (12.7 cm), Sculpture, The Buddha sits in a posture of meditation (dhyana mudra) with his head fr...