Painting Set: Indian Adepts - Panchen Lama
Vajrasana Mahasiddha PageMahasiddha Painting Set
Video: Mahasiddha Painting Set, RMA
Three individual compositions make up this painting set which depicts Vajradhara, Nagarjunagarbha and Atisha as the three principal figures in each of the paintings. Each central figure is surrounded by 1/3rd of the group of the Eighty-four Great Adepts of India (mahasiddha) according to the textual list attributed to the Indian teacher Vajrasana (11th century). In total all eighty-four adepts are distributed between the three paintings. In the lower right corner of the Atisha painting is a Tibetan teacher, seated on a throne, wearing what appears to be a typical Panchen Lama hat, although also worn by other Gelug teachers such as Rolpai Dorje of Amdo and the Jetsun Dampa of Mongolia.
Jeff Watt 12-2005
