King - of Shambhala
(item no. 694)

Eastern Tibet

1800 - 1899

Karma (Kagyu) Lineage

52.07x78.11cm (20.50x30.75in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Palpung / Situ Painting School

Collection of Shelley & Donald Rubin

(acc.# P1998.13.2)

 
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Red Hands: the 6th Knowledge Holder (vidyadhara, rig den) and an emanation of Ushnisha Chakravartin.

Blue in colour he holds an axe in the upraised right hand and the severed head of Brahma in the left.

Katog Tsewang Norbu text: "the sixth vidyadara, Raktapani, emanation of Ushnisha Chakravartin."

Jeff Watt 1-2003

Front of Painting
English Translation of Inscription: Homage to the Dharma King, Knowledge Holder, Red Hands.

Wylie Transliteration of Inscription: chos rgyal rigs ldan phag dmar la na mo.


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Painting Style: Eastern Tibet, Kham (Kham-dri)
Collection of Shelley & Donald Rubin
Kings: Shambhala (Palpung Misc.)



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