Arhat: wearing the robes of a fully ordained monk and a white cloth over the head, he sits in meditation posture with the hands folded in the lap.

At the right side is the mahasiddha Vinapa, in the typical dress of an Indian, holding a vina - stringed instrument, in the lap. At the right is a dark-skinned mahasiddha wearing bone ornaments and a tiger skin skirt. At the top left is the buddha Shuradatta and on the right Brahma. Both Buddhas are from the set of 35 confessional Buddhas.

This example of a single arhat composition (HAR 122) from a set of twenty-three paintings and the painting HAR 640 depicting five arhats per composition are stylistically the same and were created by the same artist or workshop.

Jeff Watt 9-2000