Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Indian Teacher

རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་མཁས་པ། མཁན་ཆེན། 印度的祖师
(item no. 174)
Origin Location Eastern Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Material Ground: Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Painting School Karma Gardri
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Nagarjuna, Arya (Tibetan: pag pa lhu drup) along with the disciple Aryadeva; retrieving the Prajnaparamita sutra from the Naga Realm.

Jeff Watt 5-2001

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