Origin Location | Tibet |
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Date Range | 1700 - 1799 |
Lineages | Nyingma |
Size | 80.01x57.15cm (31.50x22.50in) |
Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
Collection | Rubin Museum of Art |
Catalogue # | acc.# F1996.1.5 |
Padmasambhava (Tibetan: pe ma jung ne): peaceful with one face and two hands holding to the heart a gold vajra scepter and with the left in the lap a white skullcup containing a long-life vase filled with the nectar of immortality.
Pemasambhava Pema Jungne Biographical Details
At the top center is the primordial buddha Samantabhadra with the three buddhas of the past, present and future immediately below. At the sides and below are various scenes of Padmasambhava, in a variety of forms, protecting from various dangers such as enemies, daemons and the like.
Jeff Watt 9-2000