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Buddha Akshobhya and the Eastern Assembly of the Sarvadurgatiparishodhana Mandala - Google Art Project

Buddha Akshobhya and the Eastern Assembly of the Sarvadurgatiparishodh...

Google Cultural Institute Public domain photograph of 14th-century art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eight Mahasiddhas - Google Art Project

Eight Mahasiddhas - Google Art Project

Google Cultural Institute Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lower right art detail, from- 15th-century painting from Tibet, Central Tibetan - Mahakala, Protector of the Tent - Google Art Project (cropped) (cropped)

Lower right art detail, from- 15th-century painting from Tibet, Centra...

Google Cultural Institute Public domain photograph of 15th-century art, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tibetan - Manjushri and a Bodhisattva with Donors - Walters W8562 (2)
Tibetan - Manjushri and a Bodhisattva with Donors - Walters W8562

Tibetan - Manjushri and a Bodhisattva with Donors - Walters W8562

NaN Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tibetan - Transcendental Buddha Vajrasatva - Walters 543014 - View A

Tibetan - Transcendental Buddha Vajrasatva - Walters 543014 - View A

Literally, the Sanskrit expression "vajrasatva" means "thunderbolt or diamantine (also adamantine) essence," of which Vajrasattva is clearly the embodiment. As an important archetypal deity, Vajrasattva is rega... More

Tibetan book, Manjushri and a Bodhisattva with Donors and horse - Walters W8562 (2) (cropped)

Tibetan book, Manjushri and a Bodhisattva with Donors and horse - Walt...

NaN Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

TTTC Vol I 085 Lamasery of Tchortchi

TTTC Vol I 085 Lamasery of Tchortchi

"Lamasery of Tchortchi": a Tibetan Buddhist temple in northern China. Public domain image related to Chinese history, government, and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Maitreya Folio, illuminated manuscript

Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Maitreya Folio, illuminated manuscript

Manuscript page including a painting of Maitreya Bodhisattva on his throne. Sanskrit Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra manuscript written in the Ranjana script. India, early 12th century.

"Domesticated Yak" with page 242 text, from- The Middle Kingdom (page 242 crop)
Old Green Tara - A painting of a man sitting in a lotus position

Old Green Tara - A painting of a man sitting in a lotus position

13th century Tibetan thangka painting of Green Tara

Chorten detail, from- Commemoration Thangka for Bhimaratha Rite LACMA M.71.98.1 (cropped)

Chorten detail, from- Commemoration Thangka for Bhimaratha Rite LACMA ...

Central Tibet, Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, circa 1850-1875 Paintings Mineral pigments on cotton cloth Gift of Christian Humann (M.71.98.1) South and Southeast Asian Art Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building, floor 4

Commemoration Thangka for Bhimaratha Rite LACMA M.71.98.1

Commemoration Thangka for Bhimaratha Rite LACMA M.71.98.1

Central Tibet, Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, circa 1850-1875 Paintings Mineral pigments on cotton cloth Gift of Christian Humann (M.71.98.1) South and Southeast Asian Art Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building, floor 4

Reliquary in the form of a chorten (stupa), Tibet, 17th-18th century AD, gilded bronze - Ethnological Museum, Berlin - DSC01833

Reliquary in the form of a chorten (stupa), Tibet, 17th-18th century A...

Exhibit in the Ethnological Museum, Berlin, Germany. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction.