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Vajradhara, Nairatmya, and Mahasiddhas Virupa and Kanha

c. 1450

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

The first in a series depicting the masters who transmitted the teachings on how to reach enlightenment, this painting begins at the upper left with the dark blue Vajradhara, who represents the essence of all Buddhas. The female enlightened being Nairatmya is seated at the upper right. She transmitted the teachings to Virupa, the brown-skinned Indian yogi at the lower left, in a vision; his disciple Kanha is at the lower right.

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  • Title: Vajradhara, Nairatmya, and Mahasiddhas Virupa and Kanha
  • Date Created: c. 1450
  • Physical Dimensions: Framed: 74.8 x 59.8 cm (29 7/16 x 23 9/16 in.); Overall: 57.5 x 50.2 cm (22 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
  • Provenance: (C.L. Bharany, Calcutta [Kolkata], India, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.206
  • Medium: Gum tempera and gold on cotton
  • Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
  • Culture: Central Tibet, Ngor monastery
  • Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
  • Collection: Tibetan Art
  • Accession Number: 1960.206
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