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The Miniature Paintings of Mongolian Buddhism:
Tsaklis, Thangkas and Burhany Zurags
by Stevan Davies
Professor of Religious Studies, Misericordia University
Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanscrit) / Burkhan (Mongolian)
Below the Buddha stands a stupa to the right and an icon of Vajrapani to the left. The Buddha is seated in a landscape of rolling hills and waterfalls surmounted by jewels with a bowl of offerings before him. |
