Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Miscellaneous

པར་ཤིང་སྣང་བརྙན། སྣ་ཚོགས། 版画 (多种)
(item no. 81806)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Nyingma, Gelug and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Object/Concept

Interpretation / Description

Bhaga in the Sky and Inscriptions.

The inscriptions are incomplete with some restoration and re-painting from the past covering up some of the letters.

"[1] Before the four elements there were no buddhas and bodhisattvas, ...
[2] From the space arises wind, from the wind water, from the water arises earth, then beings ... supported,
[3] Inside of the womb arose wind, moisture arose from that, from that arose flesh, ...
by this introductory chapter for the arising of a firm place for the mind is completed.

Jeff Watt & Karma Gellek 12-2016

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