Palcho Monastery Kumbum Stupa: Sachen Kunga Nyingpo
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Palcho Monastery Kumbum Stupa: Sachen Kunga Nyingpo
CHINA, Tibet, Gyantse
Sachen Kunga Nyingpo is the son of the founder of Sakya Monastery, Konchok Gyalpo, and is the First Patriarch of the Sakya school. The painted figure sits cross-legged upon a lotus throne with a flame patterned nimbus and aureole. The figure is dressed in monk’s attire under a maroon waistcoat and brown mantle. The hands rest on the knees, with the right hand in bhumisparsa (earth-touching) mudra.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 792.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Palcho Monastery Kumbum Stupa: Sachen Kunga Nyingpo." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 792.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Palcho Monastery Kumbum Stupa: Sachen Kunga Nyingpo" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:792.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Palcho Monastery Kumbum Stupa: Sachen Kunga Nyingpo. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 792).
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