Art

Avalokiteshvara, according to the practice tradition of Emperor Songtsen Gampo (617-650)
Central Tibet, 13th century
White Manjushri
Tibet, 19th century
Vajrasattva
Central Tibet, 13th century
Vajrasattva
Tibet, 19th century
Vajrasattva
Nepal, 14th century
Vajrapani Trampling Snakes
Eastern India or Western Tibet, 10th-11th century
Vajrapani (From Situ's set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Temple Banner (Bilampau) Depicting Avalokiteshvara's Legends Described in the Newari Version of the Gunakarandavyuha Sutra
Nepal, 17th century
Six-syllable Avalokiteshvara rescuing from the Eight Fears
Western Tibet, late 15th century - early 16th century
Six-Syllable Avalokiteshvara
Ladakh, Northwestern India, 14th century
Six-armed Avalokiteshvara Triad
Kashmir, 11th century
Shadakshari Lokeshvara
Western Tibet, 15th century
Red Avalokiteshvara or Bunga Dya
Nepal, Dated by inscription, 1818
Red Avalokiteshvara
Nepal or Tibet, dated by inscription, 1871
Red Avalokiteshvara
Tibet or Nepal, 19th century
Red Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 19th century
Red Avalokiteshvara, also known as Bunga Dya, and Macchendranath
Nepal, Dated by inscription 1842
Samantabhadra
Inner Mongolia, 19th century
Samantabhadra (From Situ's set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Bodhisattvas Maitreya and Manjushri in Tushita Pure Realm
Tibet, early 20th century
Mold for Clay Image (tsatsa) of Vajrapani
Himalayan Region, ca. 19th century
Manjuvajra
India, 12th century
Manjuvajra
India, 11th century
Manjushri (From Situ's set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Manjushri
Tibet, 19th century
Manjushri
Nepal, 17th century
Manjushri
Nepal, 14th century
Manjushri
Nepal, 15th century
Maitreya
Tibet, 17th century
Manjushri
Tibet, 15th century
Manjushri
Western Tibet, 10th century
Lokeshvara
Nepal, 16th-17th century
Guhyasamaja Manjuvajra
Kashmir or Himachal Pradesh, India, 11th century
Four-armed Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 16th century
Eleven-headed, Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
Central Tibet, early 20th century (before 1935)
Eleven-Headed Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Eleven-Headed Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 14th-15th century
Eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara
China, 18th century
Eight Female Bodhisattvas; Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Bodhisattva
Tibet, 12th century
Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Avalokiteshvara Padmapani
Swat region (present day Pakistan), ca. 9th century
Avalokiteshvara Jinasagara
Tibet, 19th century
Avalokiteshvara Jinasagara
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Avalokiteshvara in his Potala Pure Realm
Tibet, 19th century
Avalokiteshvara in his Potala Pure Land
Tibet, late 18th–early 19th century
Avalokiteshvara Enshrined in a Temple
Nepal, Dated by inscription, 1850
Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 12th century
Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 13th century
Avalokiteshavara
Tibet, 15th century
Bodhisattva Amoghapasha
Nepal, ca. 1400
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
Nepal, 13th - 14th century
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (After Situ Panchen's (1700–1774) set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha
Tibet, 17th century
Bodhisattva Maitreya
Tibet or China, 17th - 18th century
Bodhisattva Maitreya
Tibet, 17th - 19th century
Bodhisattva Manjushri
Tibet or China, 17th-18th century
Bodhisattva Suryabaskara
China or Inner Mongolia, 18th century
Bodhisattva Vajrapani
Swat region, 7th century
Akashagarbha
Tibet, 19th century
Arapachana Manjushri
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

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