Drak Lhalupuk Cave: Thonmi Sambhota
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Drak Lhalupuk Cave: Thonmi Sambhota
CHINA, Tibet, Lhasa
This statue is located in Drak Lhalupuk, the meditation cave where Songtsan Gampo (reigned 629–650) is said to have retreated. Thonmi Sambhota was a minister of Songtsan Gampo and is said to have devised the Tibetan script. Thonmi Sambhota is depicted wearing a beige headdress and a orange robe with blue edges, tied at the waist with a butterfly knot. A sutra case is held near his chest.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 313.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Drak Lhalupuk Cave: Thonmi Sambhota." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 313.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Drak Lhalupuk Cave: Thonmi Sambhota" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:313.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Drak Lhalupuk Cave: Thonmi Sambhota. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 313).
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