Yamantaka Palace Mandala
- Location
- Potala Palace, Lolang Lhakhang, Lhasa, U region, central Tibet
- Date
- 1751
- Material
- gilt brass repoussé on wooden armature, with precious stone and other inlays
- Dimensions
- diameter ca. 12 ft. 6 in. (3.8 m), height ca. 71 in. (1.8 m)
- Photo Credit
- photograph after Hongxiao Liu. 1999. Gems of the Potala Palace. Beijing: Zhongguo min zu she ying yi shu chu ban she, 92
Figural sceneries of the Eight Cemeteries are around the mandala. The torana elements were donated by the Qianlong emperor (the Chinese inscription above the four archway structures reads: Da Qing Qianlong nian shi).
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