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

by Stevan Davies
Professor of Religious Studies, Misericordia University

Bizya (Mongolian)
Mongolian
12 x 9 cm
Painted on Cloth
Mid-19th To Early 20th Century

The blue, white, and red faces of this six armed goddess categorizes her with six (or seven, or eight) armed Sitatapatra who has the same faces, but who usually holds her eponymous parasol.


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