ABM 013
Code: ABM 013
Country: Tibet
Style:
Date: 1250 - 1300
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 8 x 10
Materials: Buff paper
Red Tsa ka li ("tsakli") initiation card depicting a deity of the Sarvadurgatiparisodhana Tantra
Folio A: Cakra (Tib.: ’Khor lo ma) inscribed: zhabs la (feet) 'khor lo (cakra).
Folio B: Unidentified four-armed form of Avalokitesvara (?) not inscribed.
Folio C: Kalasi (Tib.: Bum pa ma). Inscribed: mgur (song) la bum pa (vase). Two cards depict two of the “eight auspicious objects”: (astama gala): wheel (cakra), parasol (chattra), banner (dhvaja), water-jar (kalasa), pair of fish (matsyayugma), lotus flower (padma), conch (sa kha), and the endless knot (srivatsa).
Folio D: Jambhala.
Folio A: Cakra (Tib.: ’Khor lo ma) inscribed: zhabs la (feet) 'khor lo (cakra).
Folio B: Unidentified four-armed form of Avalokitesvara (?) not inscribed.
Folio C: Kalasi (Tib.: Bum pa ma). Inscribed: mgur (song) la bum pa (vase). Two cards depict two of the “eight auspicious objects”: (astama gala): wheel (cakra), parasol (chattra), banner (dhvaja), water-jar (kalasa), pair of fish (matsyayugma), lotus flower (padma), conch (sa kha), and the endless knot (srivatsa).
Folio D: Jambhala.
Bock, Etienne; Falcombello, Jean-Marc; Jenny Magali, 2022. Trésors du Tibet. Sur les pas de Milarépa.. Paris: Flammarion. p. 77