Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Teacher (Lama) - Jamyang Kyentse Wangpo

བླ་མ། 喇嘛
(item no. 36354)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1900 - 1959
Lineages Nyingma, Sakya, Karma (Kagyu) and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P258

Interpretation / Description

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.

Jamyang Khyentse appears in the guise of a siddha with one face and two hands holding a sword aloft in the right hand and a vase upraised in the left. A consort stands to the proper left side as they both ride atop a tortoise. At the top center is White Manjushri. At the bottom center is the protector deity Ekajati.

Center: Osel Trulpai Dorje (Khyentse Wangpo on a tortoise) Upper Left: Shalu Losal Tankyong on a lion Upper Right: Jamgon Pema Garwang (Jamgon Kongtrul on a dragon) Lower Left: Gyalse Shepen Taye on an elephant Lower Right: Chogyur Dechen Lingpa on a tiger

Jeff Watt 7-2026

Secondary Images
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