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Project / Collection Lama Mani: the texts and narrative thangkas of India’s exiled Tibetan storytellers Level [40] File

101. EAP1016/6/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/6/1/4
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Delok Lingza Chökyi [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Delok Lingza Chökyi (Wylie gLing bza chos skyid). A delok (Wylie 'das log) is an individual, most commonly female, who apparently dies, descends to the lower realms of existence, especially the realms of hell, witnesses the sufferings of the dead and...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

102. EAP1016/6/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/6/1/5
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Delok Lingza Chökyi [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Delok Lingza Chökyi (Wylie gLing bza chos skyid). A delok (Wylie 'das log) is an individual, most commonly female, who apparently dies, descends to the lower realms of existence, especially the realms of hell, witnesses the sufferings of the dead and...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
9 TIFF images

103. EAP1016/6/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/6/1/6
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Drimed Kunden [Mid 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Drimed Kunden (Wylie Dri med kun ldan) Size including the cloth surround 130 x 71 cm. Image (melong) size 85 x 53 cm. During a period of widespread disease, Tsering Dondup's grandfather went to West Kameng and was living in a tent. This thangka suffe...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
9 TIFF images

104. EAP1016/6/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/6/1/7
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Nangsa Öbum [Mid 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Nangsa Öbum (Wylie snang sa ’od ’bum). Size including the cloth surround 113 x 66 cm. Image (melong) size 70 x 42 cm. The new cloth surround covers the edge of some of the old thangka. Creation dates: Mid 19th Century. Date suggested by the owner. C...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
9 TIFF images

105. EAP1016/6/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/6/1/8
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Kandro Rigtong Gyelmo [Mid 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Kandro Rigtong Gyelmo. (Wylie perhaps mkha' 'gro ma rig stong rgyal mo) Size including the cloth surround 114 x 66 cm. Image (melong) size 71 x 43 cm. Central figure is Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelugpa school of Buddhism. Rigtong Gyelmo was ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

106. EAP1016/6/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/6/1/9
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of King Yuna Ralpa [Mid 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of King Yuna Ralpa (Wylie chos rgyal g.yu sna ral pa). Size including the cloth surround 134 x 82 cm. Image (melong) size 88 x 62 cm. The story Yuna Ralpa and his sister. Their mother dies and father remarries a demoness who inflicts much pain and suffe...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images

107. EAP1016/6/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/6/1/10
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Darma Dhoti / Dharma Dode [Mid 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Darma Dhoti / Dharma Dode. Size including the cloth surround 117 x 69 cm. Image (melong) size 69 x 43cm. A story about the son of Marpa Lotsawa, who was guru/teacher of Milarepa. The son dies from when he falls from a horse. His father had the power ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

108. EAP1016/6/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/6/1/11
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Dharam King Mitra [Mid 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Dharam King Mitra (Wylie chos rgyal mi tra). Size including the cloth surround 134 x 90 cm. Image (melong) size 84 x 67cm. Central figure of Avalokiteśvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, known to Tibetans as Chenrezig (Wylie spyan ras gzigs ).. Crea...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images

109. EAP1016/6/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/6/1/12
Title:
A Zhitro thangka [Mid 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A Zhitro thangka. Size including the cloth surround 122 x 76 cm. Image (melong) size 76 x 57 cm. Zhitro (Wylie. zhi khro) refers to a cycle of 100 peaceful (zhi) and wrathful (khro) manifestations of tantric deities. These deities are believed to manifest to a deceased person following the disso...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images

110. EAP1016/6/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/6/1/13
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Drowa Sangmo [Mid 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Drowa Sangmo (Wylie ’gro ba bzang mo). Size including the cloth surround 76 - 85 x 118cm. Image (melong) size 54 x 75 cm. . Creation dates: Mid 19th Century. Date suggested by the owner. Custodial history: An old thangka handed down within his famil...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
9 TIFF images