Tanka of Vajrabhairava

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Description

Title
Tanka of Vajrabhairava
Published / Created
circa 1700-circa 1800
Description
A central Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Vajrabhairava with a dark blue body, nine heads, thirty-four arms, and sixteen legs, as well as wearing a garland of fifty human heads. He is below smaller figures, including Atiśa Dipankara Shrijnana (980-1054), also known as Atisha, a Buddhist teacher from the Pala Empire, and Tsoṅ-kha-pa Blo-bzaṅ-grags-pa with two disciples, as well as two protective divinities. He is above smaller figures of divinities, including Begtse, Yama, Yami, and Lha-mo.
Provenance
Acquired from various sources. For further information consult entries for individual tankas in the guide to the collection., Gift of an anonymous donor (Yale 1929), 1985.
Language
Tibetan
Sanskrit

Item Location

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Tibet MSS 62
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Container / Volume
Box 68 (Oversize)

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

Identifiers

Object ID (OID)
10563756

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