Item: Padmasambhava - (Main Form)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1700 - 1799 |
| Lineages | Nyingma |
| Size | 95.25x62.23cm (37.50x24.50in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton |
| Collection | Rubin Museum of Art |
| Catalogue # | acc.# P1995.17.2 |
Padmasambhava (Tibetan: pe ma jung ne. English: the One Born from a Lotus).
Pemasambhava Pema Jungne 
Biographical Details
Peaceful in a appearance with a smiling face he holds in the right hand a vajra scepter extended over the knee. The left hand holds a skullcup and long-life vase in the lap. A katvanga staff leans against the left shoulder. Attired in various multi-coloured garments, he wears atop the head a lotus crown adorned with a single feather at the peak. Above a moon disc and pink lotus blossom seat he is encircled by a rainbow sphere.
Outside of the boxed enclosure, arranged in rows, are 250 small wrathful forms of Black Hayagriva each with one face, two hands and the head crowned with a horse head.
Jeff Watt 9-2000
Padmasambhava Main Page
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 6
Subject: Composition - Repeated Figures Main Page
Padmasambhava: Iconography
Padmasambhava: Main Form (Vajra at the Knee)