Sanganasani Tara – "Tara the Destroyer of Attachment"
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Chapel
Orientation 4
Wall object 20
ABP 042
Code: ABP 042
Country: Tibet (west)
Style:
Date: 1600 - 1700
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 27 x 42
Materials: Glue distemper on silk
Sanganasani-Tara - “Destroyer of Attachment Tara”
Silk Thangka 16/21
Distemper on silk, mounted with Chinese brocade.
Painted by Chöying Dorje (10th Karmapa)
This rare Tibetan paintings on silk forms part of a series of manifestations of the Buddhist goddess Tara, known as the "Twenty-one Taras". The related text, the Namastare-ekavimsati-stotraor "Praise of Tara in Twenty-one Homages" is attributed to Kashmiri Pandita Suryagupta (Tib. Nyima Bapa) who lived in the mid 9th century.
This painting depicts Sanganasani-Tara, or the "Destroyer of Attachement Tara". She is the sixteenth one in the list of twenty-one Taras, and is described as follows: "On an orange lotus and sun, from the [Syllabe] E comes an red Tara, her right hand at her heart holding a trident (trishula) and her left, with raised forefinger, a tree with flowers and fruits. She is in the noble attitude (sattvaparyankasana). The master of the family is Akshobhya. Her function is the sharpening of the mind."
Silk Thangka 16/21
Distemper on silk, mounted with Chinese brocade.
Painted by Chöying Dorje (10th Karmapa)
This rare Tibetan paintings on silk forms part of a series of manifestations of the Buddhist goddess Tara, known as the "Twenty-one Taras". The related text, the Namastare-ekavimsati-stotraor "Praise of Tara in Twenty-one Homages" is attributed to Kashmiri Pandita Suryagupta (Tib. Nyima Bapa) who lived in the mid 9th century.
This painting depicts Sanganasani-Tara, or the "Destroyer of Attachement Tara". She is the sixteenth one in the list of twenty-one Taras, and is described as follows: "On an orange lotus and sun, from the [Syllabe] E comes an red Tara, her right hand at her heart holding a trident (trishula) and her left, with raised forefinger, a tree with flowers and fruits. She is in the noble attitude (sattvaparyankasana). The master of the family is Akshobhya. Her function is the sharpening of the mind."