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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) 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. |