Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Padmasambhava - (Life Story)

པད་མ་འབྱུང་གནས། 莲花生大士
(item no. 81832)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Nyingma and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Padmasambhava Life-story.

Front of Painting
English Translation of Inscription: [Extensive inscriptions on the front of the painting]

Related Items
Exhibition Appearances
Exhibition: Padmasambhava, the Second Buddha

Thematic Sets
Padmasambhava: Eight Forms (Painting & Sculpture Sets)
Padmasambhava: Life Story Main Page
Collection: Christie's, Painting (March, 1999; NY)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 4
Padmasambhava: Orgyen Dorje Chang