Item: Indian Teacher

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

(item no. 33670)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1600 - 1699
Lineages	Sakya, Ngor (Sakya) and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Private

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Brahmin Vararuchi and Dakini Vajra Panjara of the Panjarnata Mahakala Lineage.

Video: Vajra Panjara & Vararuchi

Along the top of the composition are Avadhutipa, Damarupa, Kanha and Virupa of the Margapala (Lamdre) Lineage.

At the bottom are Shri Deva, Dipamkara, Buddha Jnana and an unidentified figure. All four are Indian and monastic.

Rinchen Zangpo Lineage of Teachers: Vajradhara, Vajrapanjara Dakini, Brahmin Vararuchi, Pandita Deva Vajra, Shraddha Karavarma, Lochen Rinchen Zangpo, Drag Tengpa Yontan Tsultrim, Mal Lotsawa Lodro Drag, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092-1158), etc.

Jeff Watt 8-2017