Item: Indian Adept (siddha) - Tilopa

Tibetan: རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་གྲུབ་ཆེན། Chinese: 印度大成就者

(item no. 61215)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Karma (Kagyu) and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Private

Classification: Person

Appearance: Mahasiddha

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P4024

Interpretation / Description

Tilopa, Mahasiddha.

(See a comparison of the lotus seat for the wrathful figure at the lower right side, Vajrapani, and a Vajrayogini painting in a Palpung style).

Christie's: Tibetan, Nepalese and Far Eastern Sculpture. Monday, November 8, 1971. 8 King Street, St. James's, London, S.W.1.

Lot 101. The property of Milton Gendel Esq. 'A fine Tibetan Thanka showing a mahasiddha..." See plate III. Lot 101. Gns 580, US $ 1,491. Buyer's Name: Ciancimino.

Front of Painting
English Translation of Inscription: [name inscription for each figure]