Thangka Green Tara

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Thangka Green Tara

Hand-painted on canvas

Size: approx. 130 x 95 cm

Interior image size approx. 63 x 46 cm

Green Tara
Green Tara is considered the spiritual companion of Amogasiddhi, the Dhyani Buddha. She is depicted similarly to White Tara. One can only see the difference in her left hand, which holds a half-closed lotus or water lily flower with long, often blue, petals. In the Lamaist tradition, Tara is incarnated in all good women.

thangka
A (Buddhist) thangka, loosely translated as “something rollable” or something “to roll”, is painted with opaque paints
Cotton or silk fabric, often with decorated borders and undercloths.
As a rule, wooden struts are used at the top and bottom, often with decorative buttons and two long ribbons.
Thangkas are used for Buddhist meditation, at home, in parades, but also in temples and processions.
Deities, lamas, buddhas or bodhisattvas are usually depicted,
also the wheel of life or other symbols of Buddhism.

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