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  • The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.
  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Dpal-Idan Lha-mo (Magzor Palden Lhamo, or Shri Devi), a Tibetan demon goddess riding on a mule. Distemper painting.
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.
  • Dpal-Idan Lha-mo (Magzor Palden Lhamo, or Shri Devi), a Tibetan demon goddess riding on a mule. Distemper painting.
  • Dpal-Idan Lha-mo (Magzor Palden Lhamo, or Shri Devi), a Tibetan demon goddess riding on a mule. Distemper painting.
  • Episodes in the life of Prince Dri-med-kun-Idan. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The medicine Buddha (Bhaiṣajyaguru) and Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Gesar of Ling. Distemper painting.
  • Amitāyus surrounded by forms of himself. Distemper on linen by a Tibetan painter.
  • Episodes in the life of Prince Dri-med-kun-Idan. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.
  • 'Phags-skyes-po (Sanskrit Virūḍhaka), the guardian of the south, and rNam-thos-sras (Sanskrit Vaísravaṇa), the guardian of the north. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Episodes in the life of Prince Dri-med-kun-Idan. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Yama, Buddhist god of death, with the head of a buffalo bedecked with skulls and flames, stands on a bull crushing a man lying on his back. Distemper painting.
  • The Buddha Aksobhya surrounded by six hundred and ten replicas of himself. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The four-handed Mahākāla as the protector of knowledge. Distemper painting.
  • Episodes in the life of Prince Dri-med-kun-Idan. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Vajrayogini (Tibetan rDo-rje rNal-byor-ma) and her retinue. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Gesar of Ling. Distemper painting.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Amitayus with ninety-six replicas of himself. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Two elders: Nāgasena (Tibetan kLu'i-sde) (above) and Panthaka (Tibetan Lam-bstan) (below). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Bhaisajyaguru (the Medicine Buddha) and Padmasambhava (below, centre). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.