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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
8.5 x 7 cm
Painted on Cloth
Post-1990

Note the radical difference in style of the flames in this depiction and that of figure 78. A careful historical study of flame styles, cloud styles, and lotus-platform styles would probably provide good guidelines for dating burhany zurags.


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