Thanka Zinresi Avolokeshowra

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Thanka Zinresi Avolokeshowra

Handpainted canvas

Size: approx. 136 x 92 cm

Interior image size about 68 x 46cm.

Weight: ca. 2000 gr.

Thanka Avalokiteshvara

Sahasrabhuja Avalokiteshvara He has 11 heads and 1000 arms. The main image is 11 headed and & armed. In the Sahasrabhuja. Avalokiteshvara 8 arms are prominent. The eleventh head on top is of Amitabha. The tenth head is fearful while other heads are placid. The principal pair of hands are in gesture of adoration while the uppermost has a rosary and a full-blown lotus. The other four heads hold the jewel and gesture of charity. On the right hand there is a holy vase and a bow and arrow on the left.

hanka

A (Buddhist) thangka, loosely translated as “something rollable”, or something “to roll”, is painted with opaque colors.Cotton or silk fabric, often with ornate borders and sub-fabrics.As a rule, wooden struts are used on the upper and lower edge, often with decorative buttons and two long ribbons.

Thangkas are used for Buddhist meditation, at home, during parades, and also in temples and processions. Mostly deities, lamas, Buddhas, or Bodhisattvas are represented, also the wheel of life or other symbols of Buddhism.

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