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

by Stevan Davies
Professor of Religious Studies, Misericordia University

Palden Lhamo (Tibetan) / Sri Devi (Sanscrit) / Baldam Lkham (Mongolian)
Mongolian
6 x 6 cm
Painted on Cloth
Mid-19th To Early 20th Century

In Figures 69, 70, 71, 72 (and figure 4.) one may compare the same Goddess who has constant iconographical requirements, painted quite differently by different artists.


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