Thangka
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thangka (T. thang ka). A hanging-scroll painting or drawing used in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.[1] Thankgas usually depict an image of a buddha, deity, or other religious figure.[2]
The image on a thangka is drawn, painted or sewn onto cloth (or sometimes paper).[2] The main image is then typically "sewn into a border of silk brocade, and then mounted on dowels at the top and the bottom to allow the image to be rolled up and transported. It is the most common format for the presentation of Tibetan art."[2]
The Tibetan term "thang ka" is also spelled "tang ka" or "thang ga."[2]
Note
- ↑
thang ka, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. thang ka
External links
Media related to Thangka at Wikimedia Commons
Thangka, Wikipedia- Traditional Art of Nepal, Thangka Painting School
- Dharmapala Thangka Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Norbulingka Institute, Thangka Paintings, Dharamsala, India
