Item: Indian Teacher - Atisha

Tibetan: རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་མཁས་པ། མཁན་ཆེན། Chinese: 印度的祖师

(item no. 100614)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1600 - 1699
Lineages	Gelug and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment, Red Background on Cotton
Collection	Publication: A Tale of Thangkas

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P3379

Interpretation / Description

Atisha, Dipamkara: belonging to a set of Atisha life story paintings in gold on a red background.

Atisha wears monastic robes and a red pandita hat. He is accompanied by two attendant figures seated at the sides and similarly attired. The remainder of the composition is filled with small narrative vignettes.

At the top center is the meditational deity Guhyasamaja. At the bottom center is the wisdom protector Shadbhuja Mahakala.

Jeff Watt 2-2016

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