Collection place: Xizang autonomous region (Tibet), Tibetan Pleatau, China / Donor: Phoebe Apperson Hearst - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl cover, accession number 9-1756c, described as incised

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl lining, accession number 9-1756b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Buddha / bodisattva, accession number 9-5875, described as Buddha; bronze (?), gilded; hand in position symbolizing enlightenment, other holds object; cast bronze Bodhisattava. Believed to be representation of Tara in lotus position.

Hearst Museum object titled Human calvarium, accession number 9-1756a, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Slab with religious text, accession number 9-101, described as Small fragment of slab of gray shale stone, with incised inscription in Tibetan syllabic script; a fragment of a religious text.

Hearst Museum object titled Slab with religious text, accession number 9-102, described as Small fragment of slab of gray stone (slate) with inscription in Tibetan syllabic script; a prayer: Om mani padme hum (repeated on 3 lines). The prayer is of Sanskrit origin; the script is derived historically from the devanagari script for Sanskrit. For one interpretation of the inscription and for photos of mai walls in Ladakh, India, see: “Mountaintop War in Remote Ladakh” by W.E. Garrett, National Geographic, Vol. 122, #5 (May, 1963), pp. 685-7. The interpretation is: Om= I invoke the path and experience of universality, so that. Mani= the jeweline luminosity of my immortal mind. Padme= be unfolded within the depth of the lotus-center of awakened consciousness. Hum= and I be wafted by the ecstasy of breaking though all bonds and horizons. But Dr. Bosson, UC Oriental Languages Department says this prayer had no meaning; the meaning has been lost (June, 1965).

Hearst Museum object titled Slab with religious text, accession number 9-103, described as Oval gray sandstone, with inscription in relief on one flat side in Tibetan syllabic script; a Mantra, a meaningless syllable repeated to gain merit. The Tibetan script is derived historically from the devangari script for Sanskrit.

Hearst Museum object titled Stand, accession number 9-1756d, no description available.