Luczanits, Christian (2024) 'The Ultimate Conquerer in the Tabo Main Temple.' In: DiSimone, Charles and Witkowski, Nicholas, (eds.), Buddhakṣetrapariśodhana. A Festschrift for Paul Harrison. Marburg: Indica et Tibetica Verlag, pp. 343-355.
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Abstract
This short essay proposes an identification for a group of five deities represented on the entry wall of the Tabo Main Temple that has remained unexplained. The fragmentary depiction dates to the renovation of the temple finished in 1042 CE under the auspices of the Purang-Guge royal house. A comparison to other representations of a five-deity mandala in Dunkar and Phyang, West Tibet, and a survey of relevant textual sources indicate that the configuration at Tabo represents a Vajravidāraṇa mandala assembly. The proposed identification is of wider relevance for an evaluation of Buddhism in the Western Himalayas at the time and the development of Tibetan Buddhism more broadly.
| Item Type: | Book Chapters |
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| Keywords: | Tibetan art, Tabo Monastery, mandala, protection |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > School of Arts > Department of the History of Art & Archaeology |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BQ Buddhism N Fine Arts > ND Painting |
| ISBN: | 9783923776702 |
| Copyright Statement: | © Marburg, 2024. All rights with the respective authors (translated from German). |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2025 13:05 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/43186 |
| Funders: | Other |
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