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    A thangka (Nepali pronunciation: [ˈt̪ʰaŋka]; Tibetan: ཐང་ཀ་; Nepal Bhasa: पौभा) is a Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton, silk appliqué, usually depicting...
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    A thangka wall is, in Tibetan religious architecture, a stone-built structure used for hanging giant, or monumental, appliqued thangkas, or scrolls, in...
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    restoration of Tibetan thangkas is the physical preservation of the traditional religious Tibetan painting form known as a thangka (also spelled as "tangka"...
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    the Buddhist tradition of Thangka Painting. Born on 13 August 1976, in New Delhi, she began her studies in the art of Thangka painting, in 1996, at the...
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  • K. V. Thangkabalu (born 15 March 1950) is a former member of the Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Salem constituency of Tamil Nadu and is a member...
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  • Kūkai's teacher Hui-kuo. Dharmadhatu The Diamond and Womb World Mandalas Dharmapala Thangka Centre Mandala of the Womb World Dharmapala Thangka Centre...
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    cultural heritage. Regong arts trace their origins to the 10th century The thangka, literally something which is unrolled, is a painting on canvas characteristic...
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    period, 13th - 14th century Dharmapala Thangka Centre The Diamond and Womb World Mandalas Dharmapala Thangka Centre Flying Mountains and Walkers of Emptiness:...
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    the main religious festivals in Bhutan. They are the largest form of thangka(ཐང་ཀ།) paintings in the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Thongdrels typically...
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  • College in Ulan Bator. When he realized that the history of traditional thangka paintings originates in Tibetan Buddhism, he decided to become a Buddhist...
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    of Thangka art and Tantric Buddhist iconography. For example, an iconographic representation of a cloud formation sheltering a deity in a thangka or covering...
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    University of Hawai'i Press, pp. 33-57 The Diamond and Womb World Mandalas Dharmapala Thangka Centre Mandala of the Womb World - Dharmapala Thangka Centre...
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  • Traditional Tibetan Buddhist Thangka depicting the Wheel of Life with its six realms...
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    Mahakala, c. 1500 CE Tibetan Thangka...
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  • Thankam, Indian actress Pala Thankam, Indian actress Tanka (disambiguation) Thangka, a type of painting from Tibet Kalanjukittiya Thankam, a 1964 Indian Malayalam-language...
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    Hama Yumi Prayer wheel Symbolism Dharmachakra Flag Bhavacakra Swastika Thangka Temple of the Tooth Vegetarianism Miscellaneous Abhijñā Amitābha Brahmā...
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    Vol.22 No.2 (Summer 1997) pp. 12–18 Gallery of 22 Milarepa Thangkas by Dharmapala Thangka Centre Original Tibetan text of the biography of Milarepa at...
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    Hama Yumi Prayer wheel Symbolism Dharmachakra Flag Bhavacakra Swastika Thangka Temple of the Tooth Vegetarianism Miscellaneous Abhijñā Amitābha Brahmā...
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    Hama Yumi Prayer wheel Symbolism Dharmachakra Flag Bhavacakra Swastika Thangka Temple of the Tooth Vegetarianism Miscellaneous Abhijñā Amitābha Brahmā...
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    sutras Nyingma Gyubum Art Sand mandala Thangka Wall paintings Ashtamangala Tree of physiology Festival thangka Mani stone History and overview History...
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    deities. Representations of the deity, such as statues (murti), paintings (thangka), or mandala, are often employed as an aid to visualization, in deity yoga...
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    standard cosmological symbology abstracted from that seen in traditional thangka paintings. Before the 20th century, most works of the fine arts in Mongolia...
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  • paid HK$348 million (US$45 million) for a 600-year-old embroidered silk thangka (tapestry) that was commissioned by the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty...
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    collection of jewellery, ornaments, ceremonial dresses and crowns. Tibetan thangka or paintings, which are more than 450 years old, with intricate designs...
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    Hama Yumi Prayer wheel Symbolism Dharmachakra Flag Bhavacakra Swastika Thangka Temple of the Tooth Vegetarianism Miscellaneous Abhijñā Amitābha Brahmā...
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    Tibetan art. These are made from applique silk, and in Tibetan monasteries thangka walls are constructed specially for their display. Of the known gwaebul...
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    Hama Yumi Prayer wheel Symbolism Dharmachakra Flag Bhavacakra Swastika Thangka Temple of the Tooth Vegetarianism Miscellaneous Abhijñā Amitābha Brahmā...
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  • Hama Yumi Prayer wheel Symbolism Dharmachakra Flag Bhavacakra Swastika Thangka Temple of the Tooth Vegetarianism Miscellaneous Abhijñā Amitābha Brahmā...
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    Hama Yumi Prayer wheel Symbolism Dharmachakra Flag Bhavacakra Swastika Thangka Temple of the Tooth Vegetarianism Miscellaneous Abhijñā Amitābha Brahmā...
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    sutras Nyingma Gyubum Art Sand mandala Thangka Wall paintings Ashtamangala Tree of physiology Festival thangka Mani stone History and overview History...
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