Tanka of Mañjuśrī

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Description

Title
Tanka of Mañjuśrī
Published / Created
circa 1950
Description
Mañjuśrī is a bodhisattva associated with transcendent wisdom.
A Sikkimese watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Mañjuśrī, accompanied by a white Tārā with seven eyes and Viśrāvaṇa, the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings. The figures are reportedly modeled after the Macrae family. Inscriptions in Tibetan on verso. The tanka includes a silk cover and ribbons.
Provenance
Acquired from various sources. For further information consult entries for individual tankas in the guide to the collection., Gift of Marjorie Knight Macrae, 1968., Publisher Elliott Beach Macrae (1900-1968) was given the tanka by Tashi Namgyal (1893-1963), the Maharaja Chogyal of Sikkim, circa 1950.
Language
Tibetan
Sanskrit

Item Location

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Tibet MSS 62
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Container / Volume
Box 1 (Oversize)

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Citation
Tanka Collection. General Collection of Books and Manuscripts, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Catalog Record
9924184
Object ID (OID)
10563689

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