Keywords
Buddhism, Buddhist art, Thangka, iconography, pantheon, Museum, Buryatia, Namsarai,
How to Cite
Balzhurova A. Z. The image of the god of wealth Namsarai in the Buryat Buddhist painting of the XVIII – early XX century // The Art of Eurasia, 2019. № 4 (15). P. 38-49. URL: https://doi.org/10.25712/ASTU.2518-7767.2019.04.004.
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Abstract
The focus of the article is a collection of Thangka with the image of Vaishravana (in Sanskrit), or Namsarai (in Buryat), stored in the funds of the National Museum of the Republic of Buryatia and dating from the 18th – early 20th centuries. Namsaray is a god of wealth, a Bodhisattva and Dharmapala, one of the most revered deities in Buryat Buddhism, and his iconography is a complex collective Buddhist image. An analysis of these Thangkas allows us to highlight the local traditions of Buryat Buddhist icon painting, to note the distinctive features and influence of foreign ethnic traditions in different periods of the history of Buddhist painting in Buryatia.
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