thangka
Tibetan sacred scroll
A thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist painting on cloth, typically depicting deities, mandalas, or sacred scenes.
Thangkas are mounted on silk brocade and can be rolled up for transport or storage, making them portable objects of devotion.
They serve as meditation aids and teaching tools in monasteries and homes: The thangka hung in the shrine room depicted Green Tara.
Tibet's administrative center
- TibetHimalayan plateau region
- HimalayasAsia's highest range
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- DharamsalaIndian hill station, Buddhist center
Kathmandu · Nepal · Bhutan · Sikkim · Sera · exile · diaspora · Tibetan Buddhist
Circular spiritual diagram
- bodhisattvaBuddhist helper of all
- dharmaCosmic moral order
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- meditationFocused attention practice
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
offering · altar · shrine · puja · mantra · empowerment · initiation · veneration
Worshipped supernatural being
- BuddhaEnlightened spiritual founder
- bodhisattvaBuddhist helper of all
- protectorOne who safeguards others
- dakiniTantric female spirit
wrathful · peaceful · lotus · mudra · halo · aureole · throne · nimbus
Lhasa
Tibet's administrative center
Dharamsala · Kathmandu · Nepal · Bhutan · Sikkim · Sera · exile · diaspora · Tibetan Buddhist
mandala
Circular spiritual diagram
- bodhisattvaBuddhist helper of all
- dharmaCosmic moral order
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
nirvana · lama · Dalai Lama · deity · Tara · Buddha · lineage
consecration
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- meditationFocused attention practice
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
devotion · offering · altar · shrine · puja · mantra · empowerment · initiation · veneration · merit
deity
Worshipped supernatural being
- BuddhaEnlightened spiritual founder
- bodhisattvaBuddhist helper of all
- protectorOne who safeguards others
dakini · wrathful · peaceful · lotus · mudra · halo · aureole · throne · nimbus · attributes
silk
Fine woven insect fiber
brush · brocade · mounting · scroll · appliqué · embroidery · stippling · shading · outline · gridlines
scroll painting
Art on rolled material
rolled · rod · finial · veil · cover · banner · tangka · tanka
- paintingoil painting, watercolor, acrylic paint, oils, oil paints
- Asian artskabuki, noh theater, Peking opera, Beijing opera, Chinese opera
- Asian artink painting, Chinese art, Japanese art, brush painting, scroll painting
- BuddhismBuddha, dharma wheel, Four Noble Truths, nirvana, dharma
- NepalKathmandu, Himalayas, Everest, Annapurna, Gurkhas
- TibetTibet, Lhasa, Dalai Lama, Tibetan Plateau, Tibetan Buddhism
thangkafresco
Wet plaster painting technique
mural · wall painting · mosaic · stained glass · cave painting
thangkaicon
Pictorial screen symbol
altarpiece · triptych · retablo · Islamic calligraphy · illuminated manuscript
thangkacommercial art
Visual work for profit
advertisement · pop art · decorative art · still life · landscape painting