Vajradhara Buddha
(item no. 383)

Tibet

1700 - 1799

Kadam, Karma (Kagyu) and Shiche/Chöd Lineages

63.50x48.26cm (25x19in)

Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1996.20.28)

 
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Padma Dorje Chang surrounded by masters from possibly the Kadam lineage * ??. The fourth of a set of (at least) five tangkas representing five aspects of Vajradhara (rdo rje 'chang). In each tangka, the main figure is surrounded by the masters of one of the main spiritual lineages that appeared in Tibet.

c. Descriptive or biographical notes

II. Surrounding figures: It is so far not clear to which lineage the masters surrounding the main figure belong to -- Kadam?, Sakya? Geluk?

M. Ricard 12-97

Front of Painting
English Translation of Inscription: "I pay homage to Padma Vajradhara. I pay homage to Gyaltsen Ch

Wylie Transliteration of Inscription: padma rdo rje 'chang la na mo/ rgyal mtshan chos 'phel la na mo/


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Painting Style: Men-ri (New)
Buddhist Deity: Vajradhara with Consort
Tradition: Zhije & Cho (Pacifying, Cutting, Severing)



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