Himalayan Art Resources

Item: King/Chogyal/Emperor

རྒྱལ་པོ། 国王
(item no. 36546)
Lineages Buddhist
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Indian Prince Ramagopala (Tib: dga' byed sa skyongs)

He is a young Indian, a prince from Tripura, wearing the white outer garment of a layman.

He watches four people performing music and dance in an enclosed courtyard. A seated woman before him plays a lute. The two barefoot male dancers wear turbans and long-sleeved robes.

Above right in the sky is a female, semi-wrathful deity white in colour, one face, two arms, riding on a blue lion.

At bottom left is a male protector deity that is wrathful, black in colour, naked, with snake or naga ornaments, holding a sword and skull cup.


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