Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Refuge Field (Buddhist) - Gelug Lineage

སྐྱབས་འགྲོའི་ཞིང་ངམ་ཚོགས་ཞིང་། 皈依境(佛教)
(item no. 100608)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Gelug and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Publication: A Tale of Thangkas
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Object/Concept

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni Buddha Field of Accumulation (Tibetan: sha kya tu pa, sang gye tsog shing. English: the Sage of the Shakya Clan, the Enlightened One): surrounded by lineage teachers, meditational deities and protectors.

Tibetan: Tsog shing Sanskrit: Buddha Shakyamuni Tibetan: Sang gye sha kya tu pa

For a detailed explanation of this painting see HAR #53405.

Jeff Watt 11-2000

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Publication: A Tale of Thangkas
Collection: Bonhams San Francisco (Painting. June, 2018)