Tashilhunpo Monastery: Green Tara
Gilt copper alloy
Tashilhunpo Monastery: Green Tara
CHINA, Tibet, Shigatse
Various semi-precious stones are inlaid into the jewelry Tara wears. This includes a five-leaf crown about a stylized topknot, long ear ornaments, and a heavy necklace from which pendants are suspended. Stoles a bit wider than ribbons cross the chest and wind round the arms, and long braids of hair cover the shoulders. The figure sits in a Tibetan position, with legs bent but not crossed, on a wide lotus throne. The green form of Tara in Vajrayana Buddhism is seen as a savior from various calamities. Her left hand is raised in a mudra while the right hand falls across one bent knee in the same mudra.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1196.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Tashilhunpo Monastery: Green Tara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1196.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Tashilhunpo Monastery: Green Tara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1196.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Tashilhunpo Monastery: Green Tara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1196).
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