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- 35mm slide: 20161
- 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
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- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
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- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 4891 x 3237
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 19303
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-19303/19303
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"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-19303/19303. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 26, 2024.