Literally, the Sanskrit expression "vajrasatva" means "thunderbolt or diamantine (also adamantine) essence," of which <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Vajrasattva" title="Category:Vajrasattva">Vajrasattva</a> is clearly the embodiment. As an important archetypal deity, Vajrasattva is regarded both as a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Buddha" title="Buddha">Buddha</a> and a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bodhisattvas" title="Category:Bodhisattvas">bodhisattva</a>, though he is generally represented elaborately bedecked with ornaments in "sambhogakaya" or "body-of-bliss" form. 
<ul><li>Here, Vajrasattva is found in an unusual standing posture on a lotus between two stupas. He holds his attributes, the thunderbolt and the bell; and his hair is arranged in a tall chignon which may once have been adorned with a lotus.</li>
<li>Attached to the underside of the base are two <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Snow_Lion" title="Category:Snow Lion">Snow Lions</a> striding in opposite directions, their heads turned towards one another. Clearly, the pedestal was originally two-tiered, as may be seen in a more complete bronze statue in The British Museum (von Schroeder 1981, no. 32F).</li></ul>
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<p>Tibetan (?)<br></p>
Himalayan (?)</div>
between 1000 and 1300 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1000-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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