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Bhutan Chinese Regions Kashmir/Western Himalayas Mongolian Regions Nepalese Regions Northeastern India Tibetan Regions
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temple site vihara natural world Silk Roads cave monastery Kumbum Pure Realm sacred site mountain Shambhala hidden land seat of power fortress Nalanda Monastery renovated site
pilgrimage circumambulation karma Kagyu tradition Newar Buddhism tantra emotions Sakya tradition protection rebirth Geluk tradition Buddhism religious affiliation incarnation stories Nyingma tradition Hindu worship Jonang tradition deity procession reincarnation religion and politics Daoism initiation/empowerment mantras visions Bon tradition terma kalachakra offerings yantra sacred image perfection of wisdom sutra Enlightenment/Awakening consecration merit long life
Jowo king traveling artists artist queens terton Vairochana ruler as deity emanation/manifestations Medicine Buddha named artist Rinchen Zangpo goddess female deity Five Buddhas recipient student-teacher wrathful deity tantric deity Tara famous person Padmasambhava vajracharyas Buddha Shakyamuni Maya naga makara bodhisattva Jibzundamba embodiment known artist emperor Manjushri warrior gods humans ghosts Dalai Lama Garuda mahasiddha yogi Qubilai Khan biography Karmapa arhats Avalokiteshvara
Living image reconstruction geomancy travel empire cultural translation divine rule dating patronage politics medical knowledge inscription healing drinking ritual trade routes architecture living tradition aesthetic warrior pose harvest festival lineage dedication importation of technology commemorative imperialism war monumental propagation of knowledge wellbeing astrology communal ritual national symbol tourism divination mass production cross-cultural collaboration instruction cosmopolitan impermanence modernity equestrian secular and religious conflation hunting burial practice/death rites status archaistic costume
wood rock silver metal gold silk textile clay stone paper palm leaves ink
narrative technique sculpture public art painting repoussé depiction of animals music iconography artistic tradition lost-wax casting decorative art illustration Indian convention personal artistic style woodblock printing lineage depictions portraiture New Menri style ornamentation large scale artwork landscape in art monastic arts adornment photography secular arts drawings impermanent art crowned image gilding movement of art inlay famous image movement of artists illuminations Karma Gadri style
wall painting stupa monument many-doors stupa luxury object arms and armor known owners mandala hanging scroll sets excavated manuscript portable shrine model map ritual object saddle relic relief elaborate throne back miraculous image torana book touch relic vajra replica
Tibetan India inspired Indian Tangut Ming dynasty Chinese Nepalese Manchu Mongol Sikkim Licchavi period Kashmiri Sanskrit
longevity buddha Yuan copper Tibetan Regions iconometry
Central Asia
