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Holdings: 35mm slide: 19880
World Region: Asia
Region: South Asia
Country: Tibet
Description: This painting represents four main figures.; At the top left is a seated Manla, in the aspect of Buddha, making with the right hand the sign of Vara ("charity") and holding in the left hand the alms bowl. He is attended by two standing Bodhisattvas. Manla, the "Supreme Physician", is a healing deity venerated not only in Tibet and Manchuria, but also in China and Japan. In paintings, Manla is always in blue. At the top right is a seated Bodhisattv
Image Categories: Artifact Function: Religion or Ritual; Artifact Material: Textile
Source Type Detail: Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/anthro1ic:19022:19022

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Full citation: "This painting represents four main figures.; At the top left is a seated Manla, in the aspect of Buddha, making with the right hand the sign of Vara ("charity") and holding in the left hand the alms bowl. He is attended by two standing Bodhisattvas. Manla, the "Supreme Physician", is a healing deity venerated not only in Tibet and Manchuria, but also in China and Japan. In paintings, Manla is always in blue. At the top right is a seated Bodhisattv". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-19022/19022. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 19, 2024.