Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Teacher (Lama)

བླ་མ། 喇嘛
(item no. 3314446)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Buddhist
Collection Museum der Kulturen, Basel
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Kache Naljor Chenpo Gonpawa.

The teachers at the top center and top left are unidentified. At the top right is Vajrasattva. Just below the top left teacher is a monastic figure labeled as Sengge Wangpo (rgyal sras seng ge dbang po). Just below the top right is the sixteenth Tara 'Destroyer of Attachment' from the Suryagupta Tradition of Twenty-One Taras. Red with one face and two hands holding a trident in her right hand and a branch with flowers and fruit in the left.

At the bottom center is Avalokiteshvars Chaturbhuja, one face and four arms. At the bottom right is possibly Vaishravana Blowing a Conch. At the bottom left is Vaishravana Riding a Lion.

Nick Dharmadi, 3-2026

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