Tanka of Gautama Buddha and scenes from the Starving Tigress Jātaka

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Description

Title: Tanka of Gautama Buddha and scenes from the Starving Tigress Jātaka
Published / Created: circa 1700-1800
Description: A Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Gautama Buddha surrounded by scenes from "The Starving Tigress Jātaka." In the story a bodhisattva sees a starving tigress about to eat her own cubs, and the bodhisattva offers her his own body. Inscription in Tibetan on verso describes the position of the tanka in relation to other tankas. 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., Transferred from the Yale University Divinity School Library, 1960. Gift of Orville Anderson Petty (Yale Ph.D. 1915, Hon. D.D. 1919).
Language: Tibetan
Sanskrit

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

Tibet MSS 62

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Container / Volume

Box 34 (Oversize)

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