Indian Adept (siddha)
(item no. 15433)

Eastern Tibet

1800 - 1899

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

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Eighty-four Mahasiddha of the Abhayadatta System based on the depictions documented by Jonang Taranata (1575-1635) as commissioned and painted as murals in the Ganden Puntsogling Monastery, Tibet. (See Abhayadatta Outline Page).

This painting belongs to an eleven painting set and depicts eight Indian adepts, siddhas, from early in the list following the Abhayadatta system: numbers 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 and 76. The composition is the 10th painting (R5) in the set and placed at the far right of the central painting.

Numbered List:
Top center: Kshitigarbha Bodhisattva 69. Kantalipa
70.Dhahulipa
71.Udhilipa
72.Kapalapa
73.Kirapalapa
74.Sakara
75.Sarvabhaksha
76.Nagabodhi

Jeff Watt 6-2009


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