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, late in the list following the Abhayadatta system: numbers 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44. The composition is the 6th painting (R3) in the set and placed 3rd to the proper right hand side of the central image.

Top center: Vajrapani Bodhisattva
37. Mahipa
38. Achintapa
39. Babhaha
40. Nalipa
41. Shantideva (Bhusukhu)
42. Indrabhuti
43. Mekopa
44. Kotalipa

Jeff Watt 6-2009