Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Manjushri (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity)

འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས། 文殊师利菩萨
(item no. 65685)
Origin Location China
Date Range 1600 - 1699
Lineages Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Manjushri. (See a composition of Maitreya from the same set of paintings and a comparison with another painting set depicting arhats. Also see a selection of details comparing the three paintings).

(See a list of the fifty-three teachers that Sudhana met on his journey towards enlightenment).

Jeff Watt, 9-2009

Secondary Images
Related Items
Exhibition Appearances
Exhibition: Wutaishan, Pilgrimage to Five Peak Mountain

Thematic Sets
Collection of RMA: Best of Collection 2
Painting Set: Gandavyuha Sutra (Chinese Style)
Collection of RMA: Painting Masterworks Page
Collection of RMA: China (Painting Masterworks)
Buddhist Deity: Manjushri Source Texts, Sutra (84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha)
Buddhist Deity: Manjushri Main Page
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 4
Buddhist Deity: Manjushri (Non-iconic Forms)
Buddhist Deity: Manjushri Life-story Paintings