Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Indian Teacher - Gayadhara

རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་མཁས་པ། མཁན་ཆེན། 印度的祖师
(item no. 205211)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1500 - 1599
Lineages Buddhist
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

This painting is significant because there are at least two other paintings of Gayadhara which copy it.

HAR 35621 in the British Museum is part of another Lamdre set, with one teacher in each painting. The quality of that painting , and the preservation of the Khyenri style, may suggest it was created relatively soon after this painting, possibly even by the same atelier.

HAR 60236 is a mural in Gongkar Chode College, painted much later, possibly in the 20th century.

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