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 the list following the Abhayadatta system: number 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36. The composition is the 5th painting (L2) in the set and placed second to the proper left of the central painting.

Numbered List:
Top center: Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva
29. Kangganapa
30. Kambala (Lawapa)
31. Dengipa
32. Bhandepa
33. Tantepa
34. Kukkuripa
35. Kuchipa
36. Dharmapa

Jeff Watt 6-2009