Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Tonpa Shenrab (Founder of Bon) - Life Story

སྟོན་པ་གཤེན་རབ། བོན་ལུགས་སྲོལ་གཏོད་པ། 敦巴辛绕传记(苯教开创人)
(item no. 200021)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Bon
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc. # P1999.22.6
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Tritsug Gyalwa, the enlightened form of Tonpa Shenrab, surrounded by his teachers wearing monastic robes. The Four Guardian Kings of the Directions stand at the bottom right and left.

Jeff Watt & Lee Hartline 1-2000

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