Item: Indian Teacher - Bhavaviveka

Tibetan: རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་མཁས་པ། མཁན་ཆེན། Chinese: 印度的祖师

(item no. 79176)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1700 - 1799
Lineages	Gelug and Buddhist
Material	Ground: Paper
Collection	Private

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Bhavaviveka: 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.

Nartang Iconography: [1] Bhavaviveka is attired as a monk and wears a pandita hat. The arms perform a debate gesture. At the top left is [2] Arya Nagarjuna. On the right side is [3] Heruka Chakrasamvara. At the bottom right is [4] Chaturbhuja Mahakala.

Jeff Watt 10-2000