Tanka of Gautama Buddha and scenes from the Vessantara Jātaka - Yale University Library

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Description

Title: Tanka of Gautama Buddha and scenes from the Vessantara Jātaka
Published / Created: circa 1700-circa 1800
Description: A Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Gautama Buddha surrounded by scenes from "Vessantara Jātaka," In the story a compassionate prince gives away everything he owns, including his wife and children, thereby displaying the virtue of perfect charity. The tanka includes a silk cover.
Provenance: Acquired from various sources. For further information consult entries for individual tankas in the guide to the collection., Gift of Edna Bryner Schwab, 1967.
Language: Tibetan
Sanskrit

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Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

Tibet MSS 62

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Box 3 (Oversize)

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

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 9924184
Object ID (OID): 10563691

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