Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Indian Teacher - Bhavaviveka

རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་མཁས་པ། མཁན་ཆེན། 印度的祖师
(item no. 98418)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1600 - 1699
Lineages Kadam
Size 131.45x85.09cm (51.75x33.50in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Bhavaviveka: Indian scholar and a pre-incarnation of the Panchen Lama. This image belongs to a famous set of paintings portraying the lineage of Panchen Lamas.

Jeff Watt 10-2000

Visual Dharma: The Buddhist Art of Tibet (list of image plates)

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Thematic Sets
Subject: Indian Scholar (Buddhist)
Incarnation Lineage: Panchen Lama (Nartang Style Composition)
Incarnation Lineage: Panchen Lama, Previous Births (Nartang)
Indian Scholar: Bhavaviveka Main Page