Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Teacher (Lama) - Kyungpo Naljor

བླ་མ། 喇嘛
(item no. 90166)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1900 - 1959
Lineages Shangpa Kagyu and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

TBRC: bdr:P39

Interpretation / Description

Khedrup Khyungpo Naljor (b. 978/990, d.1127): founder of the Shangpa Kagyu School. (Biographical details).

Jeff Watt 10-2001


Tangka of a Lama. Eastern Tibet, possibly Khams, circa 1900. The inscription beneath the central Lama in this tangka translates as

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