Vaisravana Bishamonten, the Guardian of the North

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Number:045989

Title:Vaisravana Bishamonten, the Guardian of the North

Artist: Tibetan culture

Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Method: Ink on silk

Created: 12th-13th century

School: China, Tangut Empire

Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Trend in art: The Oriental Arts

Keywords: Buddhism, China, Tibet, Tibetan Buddhist, Himalayas, Bodhisattva, Lama, Buddhist tantra, Buddhist tantras, Tantra, Tantric Buddhism, Yoga Tantras, Thangka, Tangka, Thanka, Tanka, Buddha, Bodhisattvas, Western Xia, Hsi Hsia, Tangut Empire, Manjusri, Bishamonten, Vaisravana, Tamonten