Tara - Green
(item no. 90526)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Gelug Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art


 


Tara, Syama (Tibetan: drol ma jang ku, English: the Green Saviouress), deity of activities, Enlightened Buddha in female form.

Tibetan: Drol ma jang ku

Green, with one face and two hands, she holds blue utplala flowers and sits in a relaxed posture with the right leg extended. At the top center is a buddha figure. At the right and left are two Gelug lamas wearing monastic robes and yellow pandita hats.

At the bottom left is the wrathful protector Shri Devi, Magzor Gyalmo, riding atop a brown mule. At the right is another protector figure.

Jeff Watt 5-2000


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Thematic Set
Collection of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Tradition: Gelug Deity Paintings
Buddhist Deity: Tara (All Forms, paintings)
Buddhist Deity: Tara, Green
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part II



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