Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Indian Teacher - Abhayakaragupta

རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་མཁས་པ། མཁན་ཆེན། 印度的祖师
(item no. 71924)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Gelug
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Tibet House Museum, New Delhi
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P4004

Interpretation / Description

4. Abhayakara Gupta (11th century) Iconography: [1] Abhayakara Gupta is attired as a monk and wears a pandita hat. At the top right is the siddha [2] Ratnasambhava. At the top left is [3] Vajrayogini. At the bottom right is [4] Mahakala holding a staff.

Secondary Images
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Thematic Sets
Collection of Tibet House Museum, New Delhi
Painting Set: Panchen Lama Incarnate Lineage
Subject: Indian Scholar (Buddhist)
Painting Type: Parma (printed images)
Indian Scholar: Abhayakaragupta (Abhayadatta, Vajrasana)
Incarnation Lineage: Panchen Lama, Previous Births (Nartang)
Painting: Copies & Facsimiles
Indian Scholar: Abhayakaragupta (Masterworks)