Naropa


Edition
Length

Image Sizes

Paper/Canvas Sizes
100
40"x57"
44"x61"
500
17"x24"24"x30"
Open
6.75"x9.5"8.5"x12"
Artist: Unknown
Release of Edition: 17 June 2006
Medium: Limited Edition Giclee Prints
Material: Matte UV-protected Canvas or 255gsm Somerset Velvet Rag Paper, Ultrachrome Ink
Markings: Embossed with the MiMa Publishers stamp and numbered
Certificate of Authenticity: Available on request



detail of max size at 1:1

17"x24" Enlargement:

(At 72dpi this enlargement is only one tenth of the resolution of the print on paper. Added to that, it's a compressed jpeg, so the resulting image on the screen only hints at the clarity and detail of the print.)

Naropa

Naropa, Indian Adept, is #20 in the set of eighty-four mahasiddhas as compiled by Abhayadatta. Naropa is famous in the lineages of Chakrasamvara, Yogini and Kalachakra. Considered one of the most influential Indian siddhas to shape Tantric Buddhism in the Himalayas and Tibet he is especially revered in the Sakya and Kagyu traditions. Naropa, Mahasiddha: one of the principal Tantric Buddhist siddha of India. He is counted in both the Vajrasana and Abhayadatta Shri systems of enumerating the eighty-four mahasiddha. These great accomplished ones are regarded as being the original human source for most if not all of the Tantric literature and practice traditions of Tantric Buddhism.

Naropa, pale in complexion, is seated in a relaxed posture facing to his right. Leaning slightly back, the right hand holds a skullcup with the partially outstretched arm, the elbow resting on the thigh. Adorned with jewelry and a crown of skulls Naropa characterizes the typical appearance of a Tantric Mahasiddha. In the upper left corner is the Vajrayogini, ascetics kneel in front.

Naropa figures prominently in many lineages of tantric practice - especially honored in the early Marpa Kagyu lineage of teachers. The Tibetan Marpa Chokyi Lodro (1012-1099), founder of the Marpa Kagyu Tradition, having journeyed three times to India, studied extensively with Naropa. In the Sakya School Naropa is honoured as the originator of an important cycle of Vajrayogini practice counted as one of the very special teachings of Sakya. Lineages that include the name Naropa weave through all of the Sarma Schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

Notes by Bhikshu Karma Tinley, who gratefully acknowledges the Himalayan Art Library.


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