Item: Prajnaparamita (Buddhist Deity)
ཤེ་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པ། ནང་ལྷ།
般若波罗蜜多（佛教本尊）
(item no. 90537)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1500 - 1599 |
| Lineages | Buddhist |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Deity
Prajnaparamita, the female personification of the Prajnaparamita Sutras of Mahayana Buddhism surrounded by a host of Buddhas.
Peaceful, with one face and four hands the first pair are held folded at the heart. The upraised right holds a crystal mala (beads) and the left a lotus flower.
Jeff Watt 5-2000
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