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Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11363, described as painting, miniature; pigments on heavy paper; 24.1 cm. width; 20.6 cm length; This scene shows a procession: 'maharaja' on an elephant preceded by horseman with a banner.

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11357, described as painting, religious; canvas, watercolor paints; represents a Buddhist saint, probably Padmasambhava; for religious contemplation, meditation; St. Padmasambhava intoduced Buddhism into Tibet in 747 A.D., in the form of Lamaism. The figures around the central figure are some of the manifestations of the saint. Padmasambhava carries in his hands some of the attributes of a deity: the vajra, or thunderbolt, and the skull-bowl with frothing blood

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11362, described as painting, miniature; pigment on thin cardboard; 25.2 cm. length; 19 cm. width; This scene, in the Rajasthani style, shows the Lord Krishna with a group of gopis (handmaidens).

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11364, described as painting, miniature; pigments on heavy paper; 24 cm. width; 20.5 cm. length; This scene shows a rocky place with trees; a woman is playing with snakes.

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11358, described as painting, religious; canvas paper, watercolor paints; represents a form of Vajrapani, Lord of the Thunderbolt; for religious contemplation, metitation; for a discussion of Vajrapani, see card for 9-11356

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11359, described as Painting, religious,; canvas paper, water color paints; 26.5 cm wide, 44 cm long. Represents Yab-Yum, sexual congress type of mediatation. For religious contemplation, mediatation. Yab-yum represents the physical symbolization of spiritual “two-inoneness”, the mystic unity of right action and correct insight; this is a Tantric concept; Yab-yum can also represent the union of spirit (male) and matter (female).

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-16744, described as Height: 62 cm, Width: 44.5 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11353, described as Painting, religious; canvas, various colors of paint; used for contemplation, or religious meditation. Height: 65 cm, Width/breadth: 48 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11361, described as Painting, miniature; pigment on cardboard; 25.2 cm. width; 16.9 cm. length; This scene shows a garden, with women bathing in a lotus-filled pool. Malwa style.

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11355, described as Painting, religious; canvas, watercolors; for religious contemplation and meditation. Height: 68 cm, Width/breadth: 50 cm