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The History of God
FIELD No. 3402
Visual depiction of Padmasambhava

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Vol. II · Polytheism · wisdom

Padmasambhava

Tibetan Buddhist tantric master

in his eight forms, holding a skull cup and a vajra, the lotus-born guru who brought Buddhism to Tibet amid thunder

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
wisdom

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 4) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.

Cross-references — same archetype or region

Visual depiction of Amitabha Buddha

Amitabha Buddha

Mixed Pantheons (set 4)

 Visual depiction of Dosojin

Dosojin

Mixed Pantheons (set 4)

 Visual depiction of Ksitigarbha

Ksitigarbha

Mixed Pantheons (set 4)

 Visual depiction of Odin

Odin

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian

 Visual depiction of Skanda in his Buddhist monastery guardian form

Skanda in his Buddhist monastery guardian form

Mixed Pantheons (set 4)

 Visual depiction of Yuchi Gong

Yuchi Gong

Mixed Pantheons (set 4)