Shakyamuni Buddha Thangka Painting
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Description
A Shakyamuni Buddha Thangka Painting is an intricate, handpainted traditional Tibetan artwork that features the founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Shakyamuni Buddha. It is designed to represent the four essential noble truths of Buddhism; suffering, its cause, the end of suffering, and the path to the end of suffering.
Shakyamuni Buddha Thangka features Siddhartha Gautama seated in the lotus position, also known as the Vajrasana. This iconic image displays him in monastic robes with his right hand in the Bhumisparsha mudra (earth-touching gesture) and his left hand in the Dhyana mudra (meditation gesture).This Shakyamuni Buddha Thangka presents him with a peaceful and merciful expression, indicating his identity as the awakened one possessing insight and sympathy. Additionally, his lengthened earlobes are depicted in thangkas, displaying his royal background before he renounced luxury to pursue enlightenment.
Product Specification:
- Hand Painted
- Materials: Semi-Precious Natural Minerals
- Base: Cotton Canvas
- Origination: Nepal
Hand Embroidery Brocade
Want to add a Brocade to your beautiful Thangka Painting? Traditional Style Brocade has been one of the most popular form of mounting as it has a greater religious merit.
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100% Cotton Canvas
Preparing the Cotton canvas before starting to paint a Thangka. This process includes washing, drying, stretching, sizing and everything needed to make a perfect base for the thangka to last for centuries.
Natural Minerals
Thangka Paintings are painted using the natural minerals. These are firstly grind into the powder form and then used in the thangka as a paint.