Padmasambhava - (Main Form)
(item no. 814)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Nyingma Lineage

87.63x61.60cm (34.50x24.25in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1999.5.6)

 


Padmasambhava (Tibetan: pema jung ne. English: the Lotus Born) from the land of Oddiyana. The main founder of Tibetan Buddhism, 8th century, surrounded by the 25 principal disciples, along with two wrathful protectors in the foreground.

Pemasambhava Pema Jungne Biographical Details

Jeff Watt 11-2000


View other items in:
Thematic Set
Padmasambhava Portraits
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery VIII
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part I
Padmasambhava: Twenty-five Disciples (Single Painting)



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