ABP 041
Code: ABP 041
Country: Tibet (west)
Style:
Date: 1600 - 1700
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 27 x 42
Materials: Glue distemper on silk
Paripacaka-Tara - the “Ripener Tara”
Distemper on silk, mounted with Chinese brocade, painted by Chöying Dorje (10th Karmapa).
This rare Tibetan painting 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-stotra or “Praise of Tara in Twenty-one Homages” is attributed to the Kashmiri Pandita Suryagupta (Tib.: Nyima Bapa) who lived in the mid 9th century.
Paripacaka-Tara is the thirteenth one in the list of twenyt-one Taras, and is described as follows: "On a red lotus and sun, from the [Syllabe] BRUM comes a red Tara with fierce form, her first right hand holding a sword (khadga) and the second an arrow (sara), the first left a wheel (cakra) and the second a bow (capa). She abides in alidha posture". The master of the family is Amitabha.
Her rite is for subduing hindrances"
Distemper on silk, mounted with Chinese brocade, painted by Chöying Dorje (10th Karmapa).
This rare Tibetan painting 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-stotra or “Praise of Tara in Twenty-one Homages” is attributed to the Kashmiri Pandita Suryagupta (Tib.: Nyima Bapa) who lived in the mid 9th century.
Paripacaka-Tara is the thirteenth one in the list of twenyt-one Taras, and is described as follows: "On a red lotus and sun, from the [Syllabe] BRUM comes a red Tara with fierce form, her first right hand holding a sword (khadga) and the second an arrow (sara), the first left a wheel (cakra) and the second a bow (capa). She abides in alidha posture". The master of the family is Amitabha.
Her rite is for subduing hindrances"