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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)
This is the iconographic form of the historical Buddha. His hands are in the mudra of earth-touching and of meditation. The color of his halo and of the radiance behind him vary considerably from one depiction to another and so allow an artist some freedom. |
