Iconography Main Page

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- Buddhist Iconography

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- Iconography (all videos)
- Conflation of Deities: Part 1

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- Iconography Description (below)
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- Iconic & Non-iconic Figures Main Page
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Description of Iconography: the study and identification, often religious, of portraits, deities and symbols along with the context and general subject matter of an artwork.

Jeff Watt 3-2008

(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).

Teacher (Lama)
Shamarpa 10, Mipam Chodrub Gyatso

Hevajra (Buddhist Deity)
(Hevajra Tantra)

Shakyamuni Buddha
with the 35 Buddhas of Confession