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The Kalachakra Main Page has been updated with additional images of paintings and sculpture.

The Five Symbolic Buddhas Main Page has been updated with additional images.

A page depicting the Square Format Mandalas of Shakyamuni and the Sixteen Elders, Medicine Buddha and Vaishravana Riding a Lion, has been added.

The Types of Mandala Glossary List has been updated with additional entries and links.

The Sixteen Elders Travelling to China Page has been updated with additional images.

A page depicting paintings of Chakrasamvara along with All Retinue Deities in a single composition has been added.

The Glossary: Function & Relationship Guide has been updated with additional entries and links.

The Buddha Names Glossary has been updated with additional entries and links.

The Bon Religion & Culture Technical Glossary has been updated with additional entries and links.

The Drenpa Namkha Main Page has been updated with additional images.

The Kangxi Style Painting Page has been updated with additional images.

The Prajnaparamita Main Page has been updated with additional images.

The Dolonnor Style Sculpture Page has been updated with additional images.

The Black Jambhala Page has been updated with additional images.

The Padmasambhava Main Page has been updated with additional sculpture images.

The Yellow Jambhala Main Page has been updated with additional images.


Yellow Jambhala is a male, rotund figure, wearing ornaments and heavenly garments similar to a bodhisattva figure in Buddhist art. The form of Jambhala follows that of a Yaksha figure in Indian art, which is also similar to the appearance of the Four Guardian Kings in Tibetan art. According to the system of the Eleven Iconographic Appearances in Tibetan Art - Jambhala belongs to King Appearance.

The Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva) Main Page has been updated with additional images.

The Tsongkapa Five Forms Page has been updated with additional images.

The Photo Realism Main Page has been updated with additional images.

A list of Yongle Style Common Iconographic Forms has been added with links to the individual pages.