Item: Indian Adept (siddha) - (multiple figures)

Tibetan: རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་གྲུབ་ཆེན། Chinese: 印度大成就者

(item no. 73819)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Gelug and Buddhist
Size	65.40x38.10cm (25.75x15in)
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	John and Berthe Ford

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Shavaripa and Darikapa, Indian adepts from the set of Eighty-four Great Adepts (mahasiddha) of the Vajrasana System by the artist Khazi Lhazo, circa 1800, Eastern Tibet, Dagyab Region, Khazi Village. The complete set of paintings would likely number either 43 or 45 compositions.

The lower figure is identified by a name inscription. The upper figure is identified by iconography.

Jeff Watt 2000 [Updated 5-2016]