Pandita Confusions | Confused Visual Subjects

The following figures all have a similar appearance and can be easily confused one for the other. Their main characteristics are a pandita hat, monastic attire, teaching gesture, sword and book, or a vajra and bell, seated in vajra posture.
- Sakya Pandita
- Buton Rinchen Drub
- Tsongkapa
- Ngorchen
- Bodong Panchen Chogle Namgyal
- Jonang Chogle Namgyal
- Gongkar Dorjeden
- Others...

Jeff Watt 2-2017

Teacher (Lama)
Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo

Teacher (Lama)
Sanggye Pel

Teacher (Lama)
(unidentified, male, monastic)

Teacher (Lama)
(unidentified, male, monastic)

Teacher (Lama)
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen

Teacher (Lama)
Tsongkapa

Teacher (Lama)
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen

Teacher (Lama)
Tsongkapa

Teacher (Lama)
Rinchen Drub

Teacher (Lama)
Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo

Teacher (Lama)
Tsongkapa

Teacher (Lama)
Rinchen Drub

Teacher (Lama)
Tsongkapa