The Tibetan word Thangka means an unfolding painting, where the word Thang stands for an unfolding scroll and Ka means a painting. Thangka paintings, as a whole, are a visual representation of Buddhist deities, scenes, or mandalas, painted on silk or cotton canvas.
Introduction To Mandala : Mandalas signify the clean and sacred place sanctified by the might of a buddha or other god in Tibetan Buddhist meditation. A monk learns about the god depicted in the art via prolonged meditation on the mandala. Beyond that, he seeks to "enter" the mandala, not merely summoning but also internalizing the deity's characteristics. A mandala is a circular design that represents the cosmos, and the universe, and leads to a focal point. As such, it represents completeness, beginning, and end. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Size with Brocade: 29" / 74 cm (width) x 42"/ 107 cm (height) Canvas Size: 15" / 38 cm (width) x 19"/ 48 cm (height) Materials: Cotton Canvas, Acrylic Colors, Genuine 24K Gold ------------------------------------------------------------------ THIS THANGKA IS HAND-PAINTED IN THE TRADITIONAL STYLE AND THE QUALITY IS HIGH ------------------------------------------------------------------
