Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Indian Teacher - Abhayakaragupta

རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་མཁས་པ། མཁན་ཆེན། 印度的祖师
(item no. 756)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Gelug
Size 68.58x41.28cm (27x16.25in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc.# P1998.17.3
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P4004

Interpretation / Description

Abhayakaragupta: an Indian scholar and a pre-incarnation of the Panchen Lama. This image belongs to a famous set of paintings portraying the lineage of Panchen Lamas.

Jeff Watt 10-2000

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Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 8
Subject: Indian Scholar (Buddhist)
Indian Scholar: Abhayakaragupta (Abhayadatta, Vajrasana)
Incarnation Lineage: Panchen Lama, Previous Births (Nartang)
Incarnation Lineage: Panchen Lama (Nartang Style Composition)
Collection: Christie's, Painting (Sept, 1998; NY)
Indian Scholar: Abhayakaragupta (Masterworks)
Collection of RMA: Persons Masterworks
Subject: Travel Bag (Monks & Siddhas)