Item: Manjushri (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity) - Arapachana

Tibetan: འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས། Chinese: 文殊师利菩萨

(item no. 65662)

Origin Location	China
Date Range	1700 - 1799
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Rubin Museum of Art

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Manjushri, Arapachana: from a set of seven paintings depicting the origin and biography of the bodhisattva Manjushri.

A set of all seven is found in the Qing Court collection, Imperial Palace, Beijing, China.

Jeff Watt 6-2006

Front of Painting
English Translation of Inscription: There are small inscriptions beneath the narrative vignettes.

Secondary Images