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

by Stevan Davies
Professor of Religious Studies, Misericordia University

White Tara (English-Sanscrit) / Tsagaan Dar‘ekh (Mongolian)
Mongolian
9 x 8 cm
Painted on Paper
Mid-19th To Early 20th Century

Tara is elegantly depicted here with a halo of gold, holding a pink lotus in the left hand with the right hand in a mudra of generosity. She always has seven eyes, one in the center of her forehead, two in her face, two in her palms, two in the soles of her feet.


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