Vajradhara Buddha
(item no. 167)

Tibet

1600 - 1699

Sakya and Buddhist Lineages

88.90x64.77cm (35x25.50in)

Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1994.10.14)

 
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Vajradhara (Tibetan: dor je chang. English: the Vajra Holder): the primordial Buddha of Vajrayana Buddhism, surrounded by the 84 famous Indian adepts (Sanskrit: mahasiddhas) of India.

Sanskrit: Vajradhara Tibetan: Dor je chang

Jeff Watt 11-2000


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Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery VI
Buddhist Deity: Vajradhara Main Page
Buddhist Deity: Vajradhara & the Eighty-four Mahasiddhas
Subject: Vajrasana Mahasiddha System
Buddhist Deity: Vajradhara, Solitary



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