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The Miniature Paintings of Mongolian Buddhism:
Tsaklis, Thangkas and Burhany Zurags

by Stevan Davies
Professor of Religious Studies, Misericordia University

Vajrapani (Sanscrit), Ochirwaan (Mongolian)
Mongolian
8 x 7 cm
Painted on Cloth
Mid-19th To Early 20th Century

The solidity of this figure, coupled with his nature as a bodhisattva of enlightened energy, require depictions of Vajrapani to be both solid and mobile.


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