1608 Padma Sambhava Lotus Buddha Thanka

Size :28 " X 34 "

Material: Cotton Canvas , 24 kt gold and paint

Padma Sambhav was a renowned and highly learned tantric saint of Northern India.In the middle of the eight century the Tibetan king Thi -Sron Detsan sent to India inviting the learned Guru to come to Tibet.. Padma Sambhav was renowned for his knowledge of Tantra and of their efficacious application .  He remained 50 years in Tibet founding monastries and teaching the tantra doctrine.  He is said to have sundued all the malignant gods in the Tibet  sparing only those that became converted to Buddhism and that promised to be defenders of the doctrine.  Padma Samvaba, in his turn, promised to enroll them in the Mahayana Pantheon.  He claimed to  have received from a dakini the books from which he accuired his miraculous powers.at the end of fifty years.  Padma Sambhav disappeared mysteriously never to be seen again.   He is represented seated on a lotus asana with the legs locked, the right hand holding the vajra and the left, lying in his lap is the patra. He holds his special symbol , the Khatvanga pressed against his breast with the left arm.