Lineage Single Composition

1. In the Linear Type lineage paintings the teachers begin at the viewer's top left and proceeds to the right and then descends to a second and third horizontal register, or proceeds to the vertical registers on the left and right side of the composition. The Linear Type is more commonly found in early paintings that have a floating composition or register composition format, generally prior to the 16th century.

Examples with Registers:
Hevajra Mandala (Dzongpa)
Hevajra Mandala (Kagyu)
Avalokiteshvara
Kagyu Lineage Teachers
Sakya Lineage Teachers
Virupa, Mahasiddha
Kagyu Lineage Teachers
- Others...

Jeff Watt [updated 8-2020]

(The images below are only a selection of examples).

Hevajra (Buddhist Deity)
Combined Families (Vajrapanjara Tantra)

Mahakala (Buddhist Protector)
Panjarnata (Lord of the Pavilion)

Teacher (Lama)
Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity)
Sahasrabhujalokeshvara (11 faces, 1000 Hands)

Teacher (Lama)
(multiple figures)

Teacher (Lama)
Marpa Chokyi Lodro

Vajrapani (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity)
(Sarvadurgati Tantra, Chitta)

Hevajra (Buddhist Deity)

Hevajra (Buddhist Deity)
(Hevajra Tantra)

Teacher (Lama)
Gorampa Sonam Sengge

Nairatmya (Buddhist Deity)
(4 hands)

Kalachakra (Buddhist Deity)