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- 35mm slide: 19826
- World Region
- Asia
- Region
- South Asia
- Country
- Tibet
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- Tara, the Merciful One, who symbolizes compassion and is the principal feminine deity of later Buddhism. She is the White Tara, wearing the princely attire of a Bodhisattva, and is seated on a lotus throne with right hand in Vara-mudra (sign of charity) and left in Vitarkamudra (sign of argumentation). She is surrounded by Bodhisattvas and Taras of different colors. In the lower right corner is the figure of Kuvera, the God of Riches, holding the "bag
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- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
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- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
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- 4891 x 3231
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- Record
- 18968
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"Tara, the Merciful One, who symbolizes compassion and is the principal feminine deity of later Buddhism. She is the White Tara, wearing the princely attire of a Bodhisattva, and is seated on a lotus throne with right hand in Vara-mudra (sign of charity) and left in Vitarkamudra (sign of argumentation). She is surrounded by Bodhisattvas and Taras of different colors. In the lower right corner is the figure of Kuvera, the God of Riches, holding the "bag". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-18968/18968. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 24, 2024.