General People Iconography
General Index
Index of Art Subjects
Indian Names
Tibetan Names
Bon
Buddhist
Female Deities
Hindu
   



A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z.

A
Abhayakaragupta (Indian Scholar)
Abheda (Arhat)
Achala (Deity, Buddhist)
Achi Chokyi Drolma (Tibetan Teacher, Protector)
Ajita (Arhat)
Akashagarbha (Bodhisattva)
Akshobhya Buddha
Akshobhya Buddha (Sarvadurgati Tantra)
Aku Trotung (Character from the Gesar Epic)
Amaravajra Devi (Deity, Buddhist)
Amdo Region, Rebkong Town, Tibet (China)
          Bongya Monastery (Bon)
          Murals (Buddhist)
          Paintings (Buddhist)
American Museum of Natural History
          AMNH Quick Guide (Outline Page)
Amitabha Buddha
Amitayus Buddha
Amoghapasha (Deity, Buddhist)
Amoghasiddhi Buddha
Amritakundali (Deity, Buddhist)
Amulet Box (Tibetan: gau)
Amulets (Tibetan: tog chag)
Angaja (Arhat)
Animal Headed Gods & Deities (Outline Page)
Animals, Mythical and Real
Applique Textile
Apsaras (Indian Heavenly Figure)
Architecture
          Beihai Stupa, Beijing
          Potala Palace, Tibet (Architecture, Cityscape)
          Stupa
          Temples
Arhats, Sixteen (All Images)
          Arhats (Outline Page)
          Arhat Painting Sets (Outline Page)
          Praise to the Sixteen Arhats
          Single Main Figure
          Two Main Figures
          Multiple Main Figures
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          Dege Parkang Set (Large Blockprints)
          American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), Set I
          American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), Set II
          Three Hundred Deities Set (Mongolia)
          Tibet House Set, New Delhi (Paintings)
          Tibetan Painted Scrolls Set (Paintings)
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          Abheda
          Ajita
          Angaja
          Bakula
          Chudapantaka
          Gopaka
          Kalika
          Kanakabharadvaja
          Kanakavatsa
          Nagasena
          Pantaka
          Pindola Bharadvaja
          Rahula
          Shribhadra
          Vajriputra
          Vanavasin
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          Dharmatala, Attendant
          Hvashang, Patriarch
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          Dhritarashtra (Direction Guardian - East)
          Virudhaka (Direction Guardian - South)
          Virupaksha (Direction Guardian - West)
          Vaishravana (Direction Guardian - North)
Artist's Sketchbooks and Pages
Artists
          Choying Dorje, 10th Karmapa
          Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne
          Zanabazar (Yeshe Dorje)
Aryadeva (Karnaripa) (Indian Scholar)
Asanga (Indian Scholar)
Asia Society, New York (Art Collection)
Astrology
          Astrological Charts
Atisha (Indian Scholar)
Avadana (108 Teaching Stories)
          Avadana (Outline Page)
          Brooklyn Museum Set
          Norbulingka Institute Set
          Prajnaparamita Set
          Shechen Archive Set
          Situ Panchen Set
          Tibetan Painted Scrolls Set
Avadhutipa (Indian Adept)
Avalokiteshvara (Deity, Buddhist)
          Avalokiteshvara Outline Page
          Amoghapasha (Unfailing Lasso)
          Chaturbhuja (Four Hands)
          Ekadashamukha (Eleven faces)
          Jinasagara (Ocean of Conquerors - Avalokiteshvara) (Deity - Buddhist)
          Mandalas
          Rakta Lokeshvara
Avatars of Vishnu (Deities, Hindu Vaishnava)

B
Bachmann and Eckenstein (Art Collection)
Bakula (Arhat)
Bamo (Buddhist Worldly Protectors)
Bardo Deities (Buddhist)
          Bardo Deities (Outline Page)
Baylis Collection
Begtse Chen (Enlightened Protector, Buddhist)
Beijing, China (Outline Page)
Beihai Stupa (Beijing, China)
Bernag Chen Mahakala (Protector, Buddhist)
Bhairava (Deity, Hindu Shaiva)
Baiya (Pewar) Monastery (Kham, Tibet)
Bhavaviveka (Indian Scholar)
Bhimarata (Chariot Ritual)
Bhurkumkuta (Deity, Buddhist)
Bhutan
          Bhutan: The Dragon Kingdom (Outline Page)
          Murals
          Sculpture
          Paintings
          Teachers
Black Background Paintings
Block Prints
          Block Print Images (Outline Page)
          121 Bon Stupas
          80,000 Verse Prajnaparamita Sutra Images
          Arhats, Sixteen
          Dalai Lama set
          Dalai Lama VII, Secret Biography
          Dege Parkang (Printing House, Dege)
          Miscellaneous
          Mitra Gyatsa Iconography Collection
          Mongolian Pantheon
          Nartang Gyatsa Iconography Collection
          Padmasambhava & the Eight Main Forms
          Panchen Lama Lineage
          Prajnaparamita Sutra - blockprint (Image Sets)
          Prayer Flags
          Rinjung Gyatsa
          Shakyamuni Buddha & 16 Arhats
          Shakyamuni Buddha Life-story
          Three Hundred Icons
          Tsongkapa Life-story (printed on paper)
          Tsongkapa Life-story (printed on cloth)
          Vajravali
          Wood Blocks, Carved
The Blue Annals by Go Lotsawa (Outline Page)
Blue Beryl Medical Text (Medical Charts)
Bodhisattva
          Bodhisattva Outline Page
          Akashagarbha
          Avalokiteshvara
          Kshitigarbha
          Maitreya
          Manjushri
          Nivarana-vishkhambhin
          Samantabhadra
          Vajrapani
Bon Religion: Art & Iconography
          Bon Art Topics Outline
          Bon Deities Outline Page
          Bon Hats Outline Page
          Bon Religion Outline Page
          Bon Introduction Page
          Bon Index Page
Bone & Ivory (sculpture & ritual objects)
Bongya Monastery (Amdo, China)
Book Covers (Himalayan, Tibet, Nepal)
          Book Covers (Outline Page)
          Bon Book Covers
Book Illustrations (Tibetan)
Brahmarupa Mahakala (Brahmin Form)
Brikuti (Deity, Buddhist)
Brocade Mounts (Textile)
Bronze Sculpture, see Metal Sculpture
Brooklyn Museum of Art (Art Collection)
Buddha Shakyamuni (See Shakyamuni Buddha)
Buddha
Buddha Lochana (Deity, Buddhist)
Buddhas, Who Are They? (Outline Page)
Buddhas of Confession, Thirty-five
Buddha Realms & Purelands (Outline Page)
Buddha Shakyamuni
Buddhakapala (Deity, Buddhist)
Buddhashri (Tibetan Teacher)
Burke Museum (Seattle, Washington)
Buryat Historical Museum (Art Collection)
Busuku (Shantideva) (Indian Buddhist Teacher)

C
Calligraphy and Handprints (Placed on the Backs of Paintings)
Carved Wood Blocks (For Making Print Images)
Cemetaries; Eight Great Charnel Grounds
Cha Kyung (Tibetan Mountain Deity)
Chakrasamvara (All) (Deity, Buddhist)
          White Chakrasamvara
Chamden (Deity, Bon)
Chamma, Sherab (Deity, Bon)
Chamunda (Deity, Buddhist)
Chandika (Deity, Buddhist)
Charchika (Deity, Buddhist)
Chariot Ritual (Bhimarata)
Charnel Grounds, Eight Great
Charts (General)
          Astrological
          Protective Talisman
          Yantra Diagram
Chaturbhuja Mahakala (Four-hands)
Chegyal Pati (One of the Six Teachers of Discipline, Bon)
Chemchog Heruka (Deity, Buddhist)
Chen-nga Ngag-gi Wangchug (Tibetan Teacher)
Chime Tsugpu (Tibetan Teacher)
Chinnamunda/Chinnamasta (Deity, Buddhist and Hindu)
Chitipati, Shmashana Adhipati (Enlightened Protector, Buddhist)
Choga Chunyi (Twelve Rituals, Bon)
Chogyal Pagpa (Tibetan Teacher)
Chogyur Lingpa (Tibetan Teacher)
Chopel Gyatso (Tibetan Teacher)
Chorten (Stupa)
Choying Dorje, 10th Karmapa
          Artist
          Works
Chronological List (A Partial Compiling of Artworks by Date)
Chudapantaka (Arhat)
Chunda (Deity, Buddhist)
Clay Sculpture
Cleveland Museum of Art (Art Collection)
Composition in Painting (Outline Page)
Confession Buddhas, Thirty-five
Couples In Art (Outline Page)
Copper-coloured Mountain (Pureland of Padmasambhava)
Crow Museum, Texas (Art Collection)

D
Dalai Lama (Tibetan Teacher, Miscellaneous Paintings)
          Dalai Lama (Outline Page)
Damarupa (Indian Adept)
Dance Apron (Ritual Clothing)
Danda Mahakala (Stick)
Demo Rinpoche Jampal Deleg (Tibetan Teacher)
Dechen Gyalmo (Deity, Buddhist)
Dege Gonchen College Kham, Tibet
Dege Gonchen Monastery Kham, Tibet
Dege Printing House Kham, Tibet
Desi Sanggye Gyatso (Tibetan Teacher)
Devi Shramana (Deity, Buddhist)
Dharmadhatu Vagishvara (Deity, Buddhist)
Dharmatala (Arhat)
Dhritarashtra (Direction Guardian - East)
Direction Guardians, Four
Divination (Outline Page)
Do Kyentse Yeshe Dorje (Tibetan Teacher)
Dojo Bumzang by Terdag Lingpa (Images described in the Tibetan text)
Dolanji Monastery (H.P., India)
Dombi Heruka (Indian Adept)
Donor Figures (Sculpture)
Dorje, Chog (Art Collection)
Dorje Drolo (Padmasambhava, Eight Forms)
Dorje Legpa (Worldly Protector, Buddhist)
Dorje Pal (Tibetan Teacher, Panchen Pre-incarnation)
Dorje Setrap (Worldly Protector, Buddhist)
Dorje Shugden (Worldly Protector, Buddhist)
Dorje Togu (Worldly Protector, Buddhist)
Dorje Yudronma (Worldly Protector, Buddhist)
Dough Molds (Torma parshing)
Dralha (Tibetan Deity)
          Bon
          Buddhist
Draglha Gonpo (Worldly Protector, Buddhist)
Dragpa Gyaltsen (Tibetan Teacher)
Dragpa Sengge (Worldly Protector, Bon)
Dragtsen (Deity, Bon)
Dralha (Tibetan Deity, Enemy God)
Drawings (Unpainted Images, Paper and Cloth)
Drenchog Sanggye Sengge (Tibetan Teacher)
Drigungpa Jigten Sumgon (Tibetan Teacher)
Drogdze Wangmo (Worldly Protector, Buddhist)
Dromtonpa (Tibetan Teacher)
Drugpa Kagyu Lineage (Painting Set)
Dukhor (Deity, Bon)
Dulwa Shen Drug (One of the Six Teachers of Discipline, Bon)
Durga (Hindu Goddess, Vaishnava, Shaiva and Shakta)
Dru, Shu, Pa, Meu (Four Tibetan Bonpo Families)
Dvajagrakeyura (Deity, Buddhist)

E
Eight Auspicious Symbols
Eight Auspicious Symbols Goddesses (Deities, Buddhist)
Eight Cemetaries
Eight Offering Goddesses (Deities, Buddhist)
Eight Pronouncement Heruka (Deities, Buddhist)
Eighty-four Mahasiddha Page (Indian Adepts)
          Mahasiddha Technical Glossary
          Mahasiddha Outline Page
Ekajati (Deity, Buddhist)
          Ekajati (Outline Page)
Embroidery (Textile Images)
Enemy God (Dralha) (Tibetan Deity)
Enlightened Protectors (Buddhist)
Erie Art Museum (Art Collection)
Exhibits: An Introduction to Himalayan Art
Exhibitions Worldwide

F
Feet & Hands (Paintings)
Field of Accumulation (Outline Page)
Female Imagery (Painting and Sculpture)
Female Imagery (Bon)
Five Dakinis (Deities, Buddhist)
Five Goddesses of the Senses (Deities, Buddhist)
Five Kandroma (Deities, Bon)
Five Peaked Mountain (Wutai Shan)
Five Personal Gods (Tibetan Deities, Gowai Lha Nga)
Flags (Lungta, Prayer Flags, Printed Images & Blocks)
          Bon
          Buddhist
          Wood Blocks
Ford, John and Berthe (Art Collection)
Four Transcendent Lords (Deities, Bon)
Freer/Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian (Art Collection)
          Freer/Sackler Quick Guide (Outline Page)

G
Gampopa (Tibetan Teacher)
Ganapati (Deity, Buddhist)
          Ganapati (Outline Page)
          Ganapati (God, Hindu)
Ganden Throne Holders
Gandhari (Deity, Buddhist)
Ganesha (God, Hindu)
Garuda (Deity: Bon, Buddhist and Hindu)
          Garuda (Outline Page)
          Bon (Kyung, or Eagle)
          Buddhist
          Hindu
Garwa Nagpo (Worldy Protector, Buddhist)
Gauri (Enlightened Protector, Buddhist)
Gelugpa School (Tibetan Buddhist)
          Gelugpa Tradition (Outline Page)
          Gelugpa Hats (Outline Page)
         Deities (Paintings)
         Teachers (Paintings)
         Tsongkapa (Founder)
Gesar (Tibetan King)
Ghantapa (Indian Adept)
Gold Background Paintings
Gomchung Sherab Changchub (Tibetan Teacher)
Gopaka (Arhat)
Gotsangpa Gonpo Dorje (Tibetan Teacher)
Gowai Lha Nga (Five Personal Deities)
Grahamatrika Mahavidya (Deity, Buddhist)
Ground Colour of Paintings
          Black
          Coloured
          Gold
          Red
Guan Yu (Chinese General)
Guge Style Paintings
Guhyasamaja (Deity, Buddhist)
          Guhyasamaja (Outline Page)
          Akshobhyavajra
          Lokeshvara
          Manjuvajra
Guru Dragpo (Padmasambhava, Deity)
Guru Dragpur (Padmasambhava, Deity)
Guruyoga (Example Images)
          Guruyoga Images in Buddhist Traditions (Outline Page)
Gyaltsab, Tsurpu (Buddhist Teacher Incarnation Lineage)
Gyalwa Dupa (Deity, Bon)
Gyalwa Gyatso (Deity, Bon)
Gyurme Dorje, Terdag Lingpa (Tibetan Teacher)

H
Hahn Cultural Foundation, South Korea (Art Collection)
Halpert Collection (Former Collection)
Hands & Footprint Paintings
Hangzhou, China (Himalayan Sculpture)
Hats of the Himalayas (Outline Page)
Hayagriva (Deity, Buddhist)
          Hayagriva (Outline Page)
Healing & Purification Deities
Hemis Monastery (Mahasiddha Murals)
Heruka (Eight Pronouncement Heruka, Deities, Buddhist)
Heruka, Lama Gongdu Cycle Painting Set (Deities, Buddhist)
Hevajra (Deity, Buddhist)
          Hevajra Tantra & Related Subjects (Outline Page)
Hindu Subjects & Religion Outline Page
          Hindu Gods & Goddesses Outline Page
          Shiva
          Vishnu
Humkara (Deity, Buddhist)
Huntington Archive Quick Guide (Outline Page)
Hvashang, Patriarch (Arhat set)

I
Iconography Text Collections
          Iconography Source Texts (Outline Page)
          Iconography: Deities & Subjects (Outline Page)
Iconometry (Drawing Guides)
Illuminated Manuscripts
          Illuminated Manuscripts & Calligraphy (Outline Page)
Incarnation Lineage Painting Sets (Outline Page)
          All Incarnations in One Painting
          Dalai Lama
          Gyalwa Karmapa
          Jonang Taranata
          Nenang Pawo
          Panchen Lama
          Shamarpa
          Tai Situ
          Tsurpu Gyaltsab
Indian Adept (Mahasiddha)
          Mahasiddha Technical Glossary
          Mahasiddha Outline Page
Indian Scholar (Pandita)
Indra (Vedic Hindu Deity)
Indrabhuti (King and Indian Adept)
Initiation Cards Contents Page (Tsakli, Buddhist and Bon)
Ivory & Bone (sculpture & ritual objects)

J
Jalandhara (Indian Adept)
Jambhala (Deity, Buddhist)
          Jambhala (Outline Page)
          Black
          Yellow
          White
Jamgon Kongtrul (Tibetan Teacher)
Jampa Palden (Ngor Kenchen) (Tibetan Teacher)
Jamyang Kyentse Wangpo (Tibetan Teacher)
Janguli (Deity, Buddhist)
Jataka Tales
          Jataka Stories (Outline Page)
         Jatakamala Resource Page
         Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts, Mongolia
Jatson Nyingpo (Tibetan Teacher)
Jigme Lingpa (Tibetan Teacher)
Jigten Sumgon, Drigungpa (Tibetan Teacher)
Jinasagara, Lokeshvara (Deity, Buddhist)
Jnana Dakini (Deity, Buddhist)
Jonang Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism (Outline Page)

K
Kadampa Painting Style
Kadampa Teachers (Paintings)
Kagye (Eight Pronouncement Heruka, Deities Buddhist)
Kagyu Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism
          Marpa/Dagpo Kagyu Lineage Schematic (Outline Page)
          Deities (Paintings)
          Kagyu Hats (Outline Page)
          Teachers (Paintings)
Kalachakra (Deity, Buddhist)
          Kalachakra (Outline Page)
          Dhanyakataka Stupa
          Five Early Kalachakra teachers
          Shambhala Kings
          Shambhala Pureland
          Vajravega, Protector
Kali (Hindu, Goddess)
Kalika (Arhat)
Kanakabharadvaja (Arhat)
Kanakavatsa (Arhat)
Kandroi Tsomo Che Chang Mar (Protector, Medical Tantras)
Kanha (Krishnapa, Indian Adept)
Karma Gadri Painting Style
         New Style
          Old Style
Karma Lobsang (Tibetan Teacher)
Karma Kagyu Teachers (Kamtsang Kagyu)
         Gyaltsab, Tsurpu
         Karmapa, Gyalwa
         Pawo, Nenang
         Shamarpa
         Situ, Tai
Karmapa, Gyalwa (Tibetan Teacher)
          Karmapa Incarnation Lineage (Outline Page)
Karnaripa (Aryadeva) (Indian Scholar)
Kartaridhara Mahakala (Knife Holder)
Kathmandu Valley Painting Style
Kham Aid Foundation (Photographic Archive)
Kandroma (Deity, Bon)
Khasa Malla Sculpture (West Nepal)
Khechara (Vajrayogini Pureland)
Kedrup Geleg Pal Zangpo (Tibetan Teacher)
Kila (Peg, Purba, Ritual Object)
Kings (Tibetan & Indian)
          Kings in Himalayan Art (Outline Page)
         Indian
         Shambhala
         Tibetan
Konchog Bang (Indian King, Panchen Lama Pre-incarnation)
Konchog Gyaltsen, Muchen Sempa Chenpo (Tibetan Teacher)
Krishna (Hindu Vaishnava Deity)
Krishnacharya (Indian Adept)
Krishna Yamari (Buddhist Deity)
Krodha Kali (Buddhist Deity)
Kshetrapala (Enlightened Protector, Buddhist)
Kshitigarbha (Bodhisattva)
Kukkuripa (Indian Adept)
Kumar, Navin (Art Collection)
Kunga Sonam (Tibetan Teacher)
Kunrig (Deity, Bon)
Kuntu Zangpo (Deity, Bon)
Kunying (Deity, Bon)
Kunzang Akor (Deity, Bon)
Kunzang Gyalwa Dupa (Deity, Bon)
Kunzang Gyalwa Gyatso (Deity, Bon)
Kunzang Sherab, Rigdzin (Tibetan Teacher)
Kurukulla (Deity, Buddhist)
Kyenri Style Painting
Kyentse Wangpo, Jamyang (Tibetan Teacher)
Kyilkor (Bon Mandala)
Kyungpo Naljor, Kedrub (Tibetan Teacher, Shangpa Kagyu Founder)

L
Lakshminkara (Indian Adept, Female)
Lam Lha (Protector of Travelers) (Deity, Bon)
Lama (Tibetan and Himalayan Teachers)
          Bon Teachers
          Buddhist Teachers
          Bhutanese Teachers
          Mongolian Teachers
          Multiple Main Figures, Buddhist
          Two Main Figures, Buddhist
Lama Gongdu Terma Cycle (Deity, Buddhist)
Lama Tsongkapa (Tibetan Teacher)
Lamdre Lineage Paintings (Margapala, Sakya Tradition)
Landscape Format Paintings
Lawapa (Indian Adept)
Legden Mahakala Excellent One (Protector, Buddhist)
Levy, Mark (Art Collection)
Lha Chenpo (Shiva, Worldly Protector, Buddhist Deity)
Lhachog Sengge (Patron of the Arts, Tibetan Teacher)
          Portrait Sculpture
          Sponsored Works
Lhago Topa (Deity, Bon)
Lhasa, Tibet (Outline Page)
Lhukang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet
Lieberman, Arnold (Art Collection)
Life Story Painting Sets (Tibetan)
          Life Story Painting Sets (Outline Page)
          Avadana Stories
          History of Tibet
          Jamgon Ameshab
          Jataka Tales
          Manjushri
          Milarepa
          Padmasambhava
          Shakyamuni Buddha
          Tsongkapa
Ligmincha (18th King of Zhang Zhung)
Ligmincha Institute (Photographic Archive)
Lineages of the Sakya Tradition by Chogyal Pagpa
Linrothe, Rob (Photographic Archive)
Lobsang Dondrub (Tibetan Teacher)
Lobsang Palden Yeshe (3rd Panchen Lama)
Loden Chogse (Padmasambhava, Eight Forms)
Lokeshvara (See Avalokiteshvara)
Longchenpa (Tibetan Teacher)
Lotus Mandala (Metal Sculpture)
Longku Totreng Rig Nga (Padmasambhava, Five Families)
Longdol Lama Set (Tibetan Teacher)
Long-Life Deities (Buddhist)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Art Collection)
Lostand Foundation (Art Collection)
Loter Wangpo (Tibetan Teacher)
Lungta (Prayer Flags, Printed Images & Blocks)
          Bon
          Buddhist
          Wood Blocks

M
Machen Pomra (Tibetan Mountain Deity)
Machig Labdron (Tibetan Teacher, Female)
Magyu Sangchog Tartug (Deity, Bon)
Magzor Gyalmo, Shri Devi (Enlightened Protector, Buddhist)
Mahabala (Deity, Buddhist)
Mahakala (Enlightened Protector, Buddhist)
          Mahakala (Outline Page)
          Bernagchen (Black Cloak)
          Brahmarupa (Bramhmin Form)
          Chaturbhuja (Four-hands)
          Chaturmukha (Four-faces)
          Danda (Stick)
          Kakamukha (Raven-faced)
          Kartaridhara (Knife Holder)
          Legden (Excellent One)
          Maning (Eunuch)
          Panjarnata (Two-hands)
          Raudrantika (Killer of Rudra)
          Shadbhuja (Six-hands)
          Shadbhuja (Outline Page)
          Shadbhuja, Four Combined Deities (lha shi dril drub)
          Shadbhuja, Sita (Six-hands, White)
          Shanglon (Minister, from the Yutog Nyingtig)
          Vyaghra-vahana (Riding a Tiger)
Mahamaya (Deity, Buddhist)
Mahasiddha (Indian Adept: All Images, Painting and Sculpture)
          Mahasiddha Technical Glossary
          Mahasiddha (Outline Page)
Mahamayuri (Deity, Buddhist)
Mahavairochana, Sarvavid (Deity, Buddhist)
Mahavidya, Grahamatrika (Deity, Buddhist)
Maitreya (Buddha and Bodhisattva Images)
Mala (Prayer Beads)
Manasa (Indian Goddess of Snakes)
Mandala Paintings (Miscellaneous)
          Mandalas (Outline Page)
          Bon (Kyilkor) Mandala
          Nyingma Mandala (Shechen Archives)
          The Structural Iconography of Buddhist Mandalas (Publication)
          Tibetan Mandalas of the Tantra Samuccaya (Publication)
          Tibetan Mandalas of the Vajravali (Publication)
Maning Mahakala, Eunuch (Protector, Buddhist)
Manjukirti (King Yashas) (Shambhala King, Panchen Lama Pre-incarnation)
Manjushri (Deity, Buddhist)
          Manjushri (Outline Page)
          Manjushri: Tantra Sets (Outline Page)
          Three Manjushri (Tibetan Teachers: Sakya Pandita, Longchenpa, Tsongkapa)
          Five Manjushri of Mount Wutai Shan
          Namasangiti
          White Manjushri
Mantramanudharani (Deity, Buddhist)
Marichi (Deity, Buddhist)
Margapala Lineage List (Sakya Tradition)
Margapala Lineage Paintings (Sakya Tradition)
Mark Levy & Chog Dorje Collection (Art Collection)
Marpa Chokyi Lodro (Tibetan Teacher)
Masks (Bon, Buddhist, Tribal)
Mawai Sengge, Rongton Sheja Kunrig (Tibetan Teacher)
Mawei Sengge (Deity, Bon)
Mayadevi (Mother of the Historical Shakyamuni Buddha)
Medicine (Tibetan)
Medicine Buddha
Medicine & Tantric Healing (Outline Page)
Menlha (Deity, Bon)
Meri, Zhang Zhung (Deity, Bon)
Metal Molds (for Making Tsa-tsa and Sculpture)
          Stamped Clay (Miscellaneous)
          Stamped Clay (Rubin Museum Collection)
Metal Sculpture Contents Page
          Metaphor & Simile In Tantric Imagery (Outline Page)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (Art Collection)
          MET Quick Guide (Outline Page)
Micho Demdrug (Six Teachers of Discipline,Deity, Bon)
Milarepa (Tibetan Teacher, Painting and Sculpture)
          Milarepa (Outline Page)
          Life Story Paintings
          Sculpture
Mipam Paljor Trinle Zangpo (Tibetan Teacher)
Mischa E. Jucker Collection (Kathmandu Valley)
Mitra Gyatsa Text (Blockprint Images)
Mokotoff, Moke (Art Collection)
Molds (for Making Tsa-tsa and Sculpture)
Mongolia
          Mongolia (Outline Page)
          Mongolia National Fine Arts Museum (Quick Guide)
          Miscellaneous Painting and Sculpture
          Zanabazar Museum Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Monlam Taye (Deity, Bon)
Mount Sumeru
Mountain Deities (Himalayan, Tibetan & Central Asian)
          Mountian Deities of the Himalayas (Outline Page)
          Cha Kyung (Amdo)
          Kulakari (Central Tibet)
          Machen Pomra (Amdo)
          Nyanchen Tanglha (Central Tibet)
          Setrap, Dorje (Central Tibet)
          Shingkyong Rag-gyal (Chamdo)
          Tseringma (Tibet-Nepal Border)
          Werma Nyenya (Mountain Deity)
Muchen Sempa Chenpo, Konchog Gyaltsen (Tibetan Teacher)
Murals
          Murals of Tibet (Outline Page)
          Bhutan (Miscellaneous)
          Bon (Miscellaneous)
          Bongya Monastery, Amdo, Tibet
          Dege Gonchen College Kham, Tibet
          Dege Gonchen Monastery Kham, Tibet
          Dege Printing House, Kham, Tibet
          Dolanji, Bonpo Monastery, India
          Lhukang Temple Lhasa, Tibet
          Pewar Monastery Kham, Tibet
          Rebkong Monasteries Amdo, Tibet
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Art Collection)
Museum of Kulturen, Basel (Essen Collection)
Museums & Institutions on HAR website (Outline Page)
Musical Instruments (Ritual Objects)
Mutsaha (Tibetan Teacher, Bon)

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Naga Figures (Serpent Spirits)
          Snakes & Serpents (Outline Page)
Nagaraja Buddha
Nagaraksha (Deity, Buddhist)
Nagarjuna (Indian Adept and Scholar)
Nagasena (Arhat)
Nairatmya (Deity, Buddhist)
Nakhi (Naxi) Cultural Group (China)
Namka Dorje (Tibetan Teacher)
Namka Palsang, Sangdag (Tibetan Teacher)
Nampar Gyalwa (Deity, Bon)
Narasimha (Deity, Hindu Vaishnava, Vishnu)
Naropa (Indian Adept)
Navin Kumar (Art Collection)
Naxi (Nakhi) Cultural Group (China)
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri (Art Collection)
Nenang Pawo (Tibetan Teacher)
Nepal: Nepalese Art
          Nepal (Outline Page)
          Nepal Locations Quick Guide (Outline Page)
          Dated Works of Art
          Kasa Malla Sculpture
          Masks
          Newar Buddhism Quick Guide (Outline Page)
          Paintings (Pauba)
          Sculpture
New York City Quick Guide (Outline Page)
Ngor (Painting Style)
Ngorchen Konchog Lhundrub (Tibetan Teacher)
Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo (Tibetan Teacher)
Nivaranavishkambhin (Bodhisattva)
Norbulingka Institute (Avadana Publication)
Norton Simon Museum (Art Collection)
Niriti (Deity, Buddhist)
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Number Sets and Lists
          Two Excellent Ones (Gunaprabha and Shakyaprabha)
          Two Protectors, Red and Black (Nechung and Lhamo)
          Two Red Ones (Sakya Pandita, Chogyal Pagpa)
       Three
          Three; Abbot, Acharya, Dharma King
          Three Bodhisattva Lords (Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, Vajrapani)
          Three Buddhas (Vairochana, Akshobhya, Amitabha)
          Three, Buddhas of the Three Times (Dipamkara, Shakyamuni, Maitreya)
          Three Deities of the Shangpa Kagyu (Chakrasamvara, Vajrapani, Vajravidarana)
          Three Deity Adikalyana Mandala (Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, Vajrapani)
          Three Deity Panjarnata Mahakala
          Three Dharmachakra Kings (Songtsen Gampo, Trisongdetsen, Ralpachen)
          Three, Father and Sons (Tsongkapa, Kedrub, Gyaltsab)
          Three; Gorampa, Panchen Shakya Chogden, Tagtsang Lotsawa
          Three Great Red Ones (Kurukulla, Takkiraja, Ganapati)
          Three Kalachakra Deities of Profound Activity (Vishvamata, Garuda, Vajravega)
          Three Kings (Tibetan Protector Deities)
          Three Long-life Deities (Amitayus, White Tara, Ushnishavijaya)
          Three Lord Manjushri (Sakya Pandita, Longchenpa, Tsongkapa)
          Three Manjushri Embodiments (Kyentse, Kongtrul, Chogyur Lingpa)
          Three Manjushri Embodiments (Kyentse, Kongtrul, Mipam)
          Three; Marpa, Milarepa and Gampopa
          Three Omniscient Father and Sons (Padmasambhava, Lonchenpa, Jigme Lingpa)
          Three Orgyan Principal Figures (Padmasambhava, Mandarava, Yeshe Tsogyal)
          Three Padmasambhavas: Outer, Inner and Secret
          Three Protectors: Mi, Du, Tsen
          Three Red Ones (Vajrayogini) (Naropa, Indrabhuti, Maitripa)
          Three Small Red Ones (Kurukulla-Tara, Red Vasudhara, Tinuma)
          Three Siddhas; Luipa, Krishnacharya, Ghantapa (Chakrasamvara Traditions)
          Three Supreme Emanations (Nyangral, Chowang, Godem)
          Three Symbols of Victory in the Fight Against Disharmony
          Three White Long-life Deities (Amitayus, Tara, Ushnishavijaya)
          Three White Ones (Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, Dragpa Gyaltsen, Sonam Tsemo)
          Three Witches of Sakya
          Three Wrathful Ones Combined (Vajrapani, Hayagriva, Garuda)
          Three Yellow Ones (Jambhala, Vasudhara, Vaishravana)
          Three Zur Teachers (Zurchen, Zurchung, Zurmo)
       Four
          Four Continents & Mount Sumeru
          Four Deathless Ones (Chime Yabse Shi)
          Four Deities Combined (Shangpa Kagyu)
          Four Deities of the Kadampa (Akshobhya, Avalokiteshvara, Tara, Achala)
          Four Guardian Kings (Bon)
          Four Guardian Kings (Buddhist)
          Four Harmonious Brothers (Four Friends)
          Four Transmissions of Hevajra (ka bab nam shi)
          Four Transmissions of Mahakala (ka bab nam shi)
          Seven Buddhas of the Ages
          Four Schools of Tibetan Buddhism (Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu, Gelugpa)
          Four Transcendent Lords
       Five
          Five Bonpo Families (Dru, Shu, Pa, Meu, Shen)
          Five Consorts (Nyingma, Peaceful & Wrathful)
          Five Deity Amoghapasha
          Five Deity Arapachana Manjughosha Mandala
          Five Deity Chakrasamvara Mandala
          Five Deity Chanda Vajrapani
          Five Deity Kartaridhara Vajra Mahakala Mandala
          Five Deity Krodhini Mandala
          Five Deity Kurukulla Mandala
          Five Deity Mahakarunika Mandala
          Five Deity Mahamaya
          Five Deity Parnashavari
          Five Deity Sherab Chamma
          Five Deity Rakta Yamari Mandala
          Five Deity Shakyamuni Mandala
          Five Deity Simhamukha
          Five Deity Simhanada Avalokiteshvara
          Five Deity Vajravarahi Mandala
          Five Early Kalachakra Teachers
          Five Excellent Ones of the Se Fortress
          Five Gods of the Five Sciences (Yewang Rignga)
          Five Heart Sons of Padmasambhava
          Five Kandros of the Elements (Magyu System)
          Five Kings (Five Forms of Pehar)
          Five Long-life Sisters (Tseringma Che Nga)
          Five Major Sacred Places
          Five Manjushri of Mount Wutai Shan
          Five Peaked Mountain of Manjushri (Wutai Shan)
          Five Personal Gods (Gowai Lha Nga)
          Five Protector Goddesses (Pancha Raksha)
          Five Qualities of Enjoyment
          Five Realms of Existence
          Five Sense Offerings
          Five Sense Offering Goddesses
          Five Superior Lords
          Five Terton Kings
          Five Transcendent Buddhas
       Six
          Six Classes of Beings
          Six Deity Rasmivimala Mandala
          Six Deity Vimaloshnisha Mandala
          Six Guardians of the Six Realms (Dulwa Shen Drug)
          Six Kandros of the Magyu Cycle (Bon)
          Six Ornaments and Two Excellent Ones
          Six Ornaments of Sakya
          Six Realms of Existence
          Six Signs of Long Life
          Six Sipai Gyalmo Manifestations (Bon)
          Six Teachers of Discipline (Bon)
          Six Yogas of Naropa Lineage
       Seven
          Seven Accomplished Scholars
          Seven Buddhas of the Ages
          Seven Gems
          Seven Jewels of Royal Power
          Seven Mandalas of Ngor
          Seven Secondary Jewels
          Seven Transmissions of Ngor
          Seven Tsen Brothers (Tsiu Marpo, etc.)
       Eight
          Eight Auspicious Symbols (Eight Symbols of Good Fortune)
          Eight Bodhisattva
          Eight Bringers of Good Fortune
          Eight Cemetaries
          Eight Chamma Protecting From the Eight Fears
          Eight Chariots of Spiritual Accomplishment
          Eight Deity Panjarnata Mahakala
          Eight Deity Sherab Chamma (Eight Fears)
          Eight Deity Vajra Mahakala Mandala
          Eight Disciples of Padmasambhava
          Eight Forms of Padmasambhava
          Eight Great Charnel Grounds
          Eight Heruka (Pronouncement Deities)
          Eight Mahasiddha
          Eight Medicine Buddhas
          Eight Offering Goddesses
          Eight Panchen Lamas
          Eight Protectors of the Gelugpa School
          Eight Stupas
          Eight Taras Removing the Eight Fears
          Eight Vetala & Thirty-two Ayudha, Vajrabhairava Mandala
          Eight Vidyadharas
       Nine
          Nine Animals that Fly in the Sky
          Nine Animals that Live in Water
          Nine Animals that Walk on Land
          Nine Deity Akshobhya Mandala
          Nine Deity Amitayus Mandala
          Nine Deity Chandamaharoshana Mandala (Achala)
          Nine Deity Hevajra Mandala
          Nine Deity Jambhala (Yellow)
          Nine Deity Jinasagara Mahakaruna Mandala
          Nine Deity Krodha Atiguhya Hayagriva Mandala
          Nine Deity Tattvardhachandra Mandala
          Nine Deity Ushnishavijaya Mandala
          Nine Deity White Tara (with consort) Mandala
          Nine Enemy God Brothers (Dralha)
          Nine Sengge (Drugpa Kagyu Teachers)
          Nine Zhangzhung Sages
       Ten
          Ten Avatars of Vishnu
          Ten Deity Chakrasamvara Mandala
          Ten Syllable Kalachakra Mantra
       Eleven
          Eleven Deity Achala
          Eleven Stainless Lingpa
       Twelve
          Twelve Deeds of the Buddha
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