Item: Teacher (Lama) - Wangdu Nyingpo, Sakya Tridzin 32

Tibetan: བླ་མ། Chinese: 喇嘛

(item no. 43429)

Origin Location	Tibet
Lineages	Sakya and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Textile Image
Collection	Private

Classification: Person

Appearance: Lay Person

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P807

Interpretation / Description

Wangdu Nyingpo (c.1763-c.1806): Patriarch of the Khon Family, the 32nd Sakya Tridzin, the second Padmasambhava of this Age and a renowned Terton (finder of Revealed Treasure). This sculpture is located in a tower along the top of the southern wall of the Lhakang Chenmo Monastery in Sakya Town, Tibet.

(See detail 1 and detail 2).

Jeff Watt 3-2012