Item: Teacher (Lama) - Taranata

Tibetan: བླ་མ། Chinese: 喇嘛

(item no. 58878)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1700 - 1799
Lineages	Jonang (Sakya), Gelug and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Yale University Art Gallery
Catalogue #	1988.76.8

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P1428

Interpretation / Description

Lama figure surrounded by teachers and deities. It is possible that this figure is Taranata and many of the surrounding figures are the pre-incarnations.