Illuminated Pages from a Dispersed DharanI Manuscript

Illuminated Pages from a Dispersed DharanI Manuscript

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The upper page shows the seated bodhisattva Vajradhara on the left and an Esoteric form of the bodhisattva Vajrapani on the right. The lower shows Shakyamuni (the historic Buddha) and four Esoteric bodhisattvas—a seated yellow Manjushri, a seated white Avalokiteshvara, a standing blue Panjaranatha, and a standing blue Vajrapani.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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