Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Padmasambhava

པད་མ་འབྱུང་གནས། 莲花生大士
(item no. 33555)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Nyingma, Karma (Kagyu) and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Padmasambhava with various deities from the Lama Gongdu Cycle of Terma (Revealed Treasure) Teachings. Sanggye Lingpa (1340-1396) discovered the Middling Collection of Precepts, the Gathering of the Guru's Intention (Tibetan: ka du bar wa la ma gong pa du pa) in the great cave of Puri Rinchen Barwa in the year 1364.

(See another painting with the same subject HAR #51896).

Jeff Watt, 12-2009

Secondary Images
Related Items
Thematic Sets
Buddhist Deity: Lama Gongdu Terma Cycle (Main Page)
Buddhist Deity: Lama Gongdu (Single Composition)