Vajrasattva
(item no. 15127)

Eastern Tibet

1800 - 1899

Karma (Kagyu) Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Shechen Archives - photographs


 


Vajrasattva (Tibetan: dor je sem pa. English: the Vajra Hero of Enlightenment): peaceful in appearance, white in colour, with one face and two hands. He holds a vajra to the heart and a bell at the hip; seated on a lion supported throne.

Sanskrit: Vajrasattva Tibetan: Dor je sem pa

The Karma Kagyu lineage of teachers is arranged in the foreground with the Sakya lineage on the middle left and Gelugpa lineage on the middle right. Jonangpa, Chagzampa and Shangpa lineage lamas are arranged at the upper right and left.

Jeff Watt 11-2000


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Thematic Set
Collection of Shechen Archives: Gallery I
Tradition: Kagyu Deity Paintings
Buddhist Deity: Vajrasattva
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part II
Painting Style: Eastern Tibetan



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Photographed Image Copyright © 2004 Shechen Archives