Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Teacher (Lama) - Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen

བླ་མ། 喇嘛
(item no. 71926)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Sakya and Gelug
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Tibet House Museum, New Delhi
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P1056

Interpretation / Description

6. Sakya Pandita (1182-1251) Iconography: [1] Sakya Pandita is attired as a monk and wears a pandita hat. The arms perform a debate gesture. At the top left is [2] Arya Manjushri. On the right side is [3] Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen. At the bottom right is [4] Harinanda. At the bottom left is [5] Chaturmukha Mahakala.

Sa kya pan di ta kun ga gyal tsen Biographical Details

Secondary Images
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Thematic Sets
Collection of Tibet House Museum, New Delhi
Tradition: Sakya Teachers
Painting Type: Parma (printed images)
Tradition: Sakya Founders
Painting Set: Panchen Lama Incarnate Lineage
Teacher: Sakya Pandita, Kunga Gyaltsen
Incarnation Lineage: Panchen Lama, Previous Births (Nartang)
Subject: Art Depicted in Art (Sculpture - All Images)
Subject: Art Depicted in Art (Paintings of Known Sculpture)
Teacher: Sakya Pandita (Panchen Incarnation Set)
Buddhist Deity: Avalokiteshvara (Pagpa Lokeshvara in Painting)