She is very youthful and graceful. Her hair is partially upswept in knots with decoration over it and partially falls on her shoulders. She is wearing beautiful flowing colored silk scarves and dhoti with leggings made of multicoloured bands of silk. Her all three faces are wearing five-pronged crown with precious gemstone. Moreover she is wearing earrings, necklaces, armlets, bracelets and anklets with precious gemstone. There is an aureole and halo behind her body and head, respectively.
Top centre of the painting depicts Buddha Shakyamuni, seated in clouds; great siddha Milarepa is seated on a lotus seat in the upper left corner in clouds and lama, is seated on lotus seat in the upper right corner in clouds. In the bottom left corner of the thangka, Amitayus, the Buddha of boundless life, is seated on a lotus throne. In the bottom right corner goddess White Tara is seated on a lotus throne. The bottom centre depicts a lake and auspicious offerings. The middle ground and foreground depict a lovely mountainous landscape with lakes and natural vegetation. This is a very significant thangka as it depicts three long life deities so it is very much suitable for ritual of long life and also for daily sadhana and practices.
Select Bibliography
A. Getty, The Gods of Northern Buddhism, Tokyo, 1962
B. Bhattacharyya, The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Calcutta, 1968
L.A. Waddell, Buddhism & Lamaism of Tibet, 1895, Delhi, 1979 (reprint)
Lokesh Chandra, Transcendental Art of Tibet, Delhi, 1996
Marylin M. Rhie & Robert A.F. Thurman, Worlds of Transformation: Tibetan Art of Wisdom and Compassion, New York, 1999
This description is by Dr. Shailendra K. Verma, whose Doctorate thesis is on "Emergence and Evolution of the Buddha Image (From its inception to 8th century A.D.)".
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