Native Name | Thangka |
Object Number | 2006-21-4 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Mongolian | Halh | Khalkha | Buddhist |
Provenience | Mongolia |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Canvas | Pigment |
Iconography | Green Tara | Nogoon Dari’ekh | Eight Fears |
Inscription Language | Tibetan Language |
Description | Green Tara (Mongolian: Nogoon Dari’ekh) protecting from the Eight Fears. The eight fears include: attachment, false views, pride, jealousy, anger, doubt, greed, and ignorance. These are depicting around the central figure. Inscriptions on the back activate the images on the front and read ཨོཾ་ཨཿཧཱུྂ་oṃ ā huṃ (Chinese:唵啞吽). |
Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 2006 |
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