Item: Arhat/Sthavira (Buddhist Elder) - 16 Elders: Angaja

Tibetan: གནས་བརྟན། Chinese: 罗汉

(item no. 24114)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1700 - 1799
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Private

Classification: Person

Appearance: Arhat

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Angaja the Elder (Tibetan: ne ten, yan lag Jung, Sanskrit: Sthavira Angaja): the 1st Elder from the set of 16 great Elders (arhat), from a set of twenty-three paintings depicting Shakyamuni Buddha and the Sixteen Elders (arhats).

"On the great snow mountain of Kailash is the noble elder Angaja, surrounded by 1,300 arhats; homage to the One holding an incense bowl and fly whisk." (Sakya liturgical verse).

Jeff Watt 2-2016

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