Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Indian Adept (siddha) - (multiple figures)

རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་གྲུབ་ཆེན། 印度大成就者
(item no. 589)
Origin Location Eastern Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Karma (Kagyu) and Buddhist
Size 81.28x44.45cm (32x17.50in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc.# F1997.40.8
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Three Mahasiddhas: Saraha sits at the top with Lawapa at the lower left and Dombi Heruka riding a tiger at the lower right.

Jeff Watt 6-2001

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Publications
Publication: Worlds of Transformation

Thematic Sets
Indian Adept: Mahasiddha Paintings, Palpung Composition
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 3
Indian Adept Main Page (Mahasiddha)
Painting Style: Kham Region (Kham-ri)
Indian Adept: Lawapa (Kambhala)
Indian Adept: Saraha
Painting Set: Indian Adepts (8) - Palpung Composition III
Indian Adept: Saraha (Masterworks)
Indian Adept: Lawapa (Palpung Iconography)
Indian Adept: Lawapa (Biography)
Collection of RMA: Indian Adepts Masterwork Paintings