Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Indian Teacher - Nagarjuna

རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་མཁས་པ། མཁན་ཆེན། 印度的祖师
(item no. 94027)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Sakya
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection American Museum of Natural History
Catalogue # AMNH 70.2/ 3485 BB
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P4954

Interpretation / Description

AMNH Description

Nagarjuna, Arya (Tibetan: pag pa lhu drup).

Jeff Watt 6-2002

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Thematic Sets
Indian Scholar: Nagarjuna & Eighty-four Mahasiddhas
Indian Scholar: Nagarjuna Main Page
Painting Set: Mahasiddha (AMNH)
Iconography: Monastic Appearance