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- 35mm slide: 20166
- World Region
- Asia
- Region
- South Asia
- Country
- Tibet
- Description
- Padmasambhava, the great tantric teacher, is seated on a lotus throne flanked by his two disciples or wives. He wears monastic robes and the mitre-shaped cap, and hold the magic scepter, the magic skull-cup with the amrta vase on it, and the thunderbolt (or trident?). Other figures are abbots and lamas of the Red-Cap sect. Probably one of the oldest tangkas in the collection.
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- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
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- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 4742 x 3142
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 19308
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-19308/19308
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"Padmasambhava, the great tantric teacher, is seated on a lotus throne flanked by his two disciples or wives. He wears monastic robes and the mitre-shaped cap, and hold the magic scepter, the magic skull-cup with the amrta vase on it, and the thunderbolt (or trident?). Other figures are abbots and lamas of the Red-Cap sect. Probably one of the oldest tangkas in the collection.". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-19308/19308. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 10, 2024.