Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Manjushri (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity) - (Wutaishan Mountain)

འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས། 文殊师利菩萨
(item no. 98966)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Nyingma, Gelug and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Hahn Cultural Foundation
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

[10] Dharmadhatu Vagishvara. White Dharmadhatu Vagishvara, with four white faces, eight hands, the first two in the Dharma teaching gesture. The three lower right hold a sword, arrow and vajra. The three lower left, a Prajnaparamita book, bow and bell. With the same ornaments and garments. Seated in the vajrasana [posture].

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Collection of Hahn Cultural Foundation (Vol. III)
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