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The Miniature Paintings of Mongolian Buddhism:
Tsaklis, Thangkas and Burhany Zurags

by Stevan Davies
Professor of Religious Studies, Misericordia University

White Tara (English-Sanscrit) / Tsagaan Dar�ekh (Mongolian)
Mongolian
7.5 x 7 cm
Painted on Paper
Mid-19th To Early 20th Century

This simple depiction of White Tara does carry out the iconographic mandate that she be depicted as innocent and sixteen.


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