Arhat (Buddhist Elder) - 16 Elders: Angaja
(item no. 90009)

Eastern Tibet

1300 - 1399

Uncertain Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Navin Kumar


 
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Angaja the Elder (Tibetan: ne ten, yan lag chung, Sanskrit: Sthavira Angaja): the 1st arhat from the set of 16 great arhats.

"On the great snow mountain of Kailash is the noble elder Angaja, surrounded by 1,300 arhats; homage to the One holding an incense bowl and fly whisk." (Sakya liturgical verse).

The Sixteen Great Arhats are generally painted as a set. Typically the full group would include the buddha Shakyamuni, the 16 arhats, the attendant Dharmatala, the patron Hvashang and the Four Guardians of the Directions: Vaishravana, Virupaksha, Dritirashtra and Virudhaka.

Jeff Watt 4-2000


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