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Holdings: 35mm slide: 20159
World Region: Asia
Region: South Asia
Country: Tibet
Description: The main figure may be a Chang-cha Hutuktu, the Living Buddha at Peking, (or the Padmasambhava, the great tantric teacher and founder of the Red Cap sect). The figure is seated on a lotus throne, with right hand in mudra of witness, and left holding the amrta vase. He wears the mitre-shaped hat. Attending him are: Taras, protecting deities, monks of the Red-Cap sect. At the top center is the Bodhisattva Samantabhara (?), regarded by this sect as a
Image Categories: Artifact Function: Religion or Ritual; Artifact Material: Textile
Source Type Detail: Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay

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Full citation: "The main figure may be a Chang-cha Hutuktu, the Living Buddha at Peking, (or the Padmasambhava, the great tantric teacher and founder of the Red Cap sect). The figure is seated on a lotus throne, with right hand in mudra of witness, and left holding the amrta vase. He wears the mitre-shaped hat. Attending him are: Taras, protecting deities, monks of the Red-Cap sect. At the top center is the Bodhisattva Samantabhara (?), regarded by this sect as a". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-19301/19301. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 29, 2024.