ས་ཀྱ་པཎ་ཌི་ཏ་ཀུན་དགའ་རྒྱལ་མཚན  

Sa skya Paṇḍita Kun dga’ rgyal mtshan 

SAKYA PAṆḌITA (1182-1251 AD)

-  ‘All Joyful, Banner of Dharma-Victory' 

Yuan 14th century

Gilt copper w. silver inlay 

8.5 cm

Inscription: 

‘You are the Crest Ornament of all the learned people in the entire world. It is to your respected feet, O Sakya Paṇḍita, Lord of the (Dharma) Teachings, that I offer my deepest respect, all glory!'

Provenance:  

The Nyingjei Lam Collection

Rubin Museum of Art, 2005-2018

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薩迦·班智達 (1182-1251 AD)

元代十四世紀

紅銅鎏金鑲銀 

高 8.5厘米

背後銘文:
"薩迦班智大師，您站在智慧之巔峰，請接受我們最高的崇拜！"

來源: 菩薩道收藏 

2005-2018年間租借給美國紐約魯賓博物館
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He was the 4th of the so-called ‘5 Superiors’ of the Sakya order and the 6th holder of the Sakya throne. The Sakya tradition regards him as an incarnation of Mañjuśrī the deity who represents Wisdom. In other images and paintings of him this association with Mañjuśrī may sometimes be reinforced by lotus tendrils arcing from his hands to his shoulders where are a sword and the book of Prajñāpāramitā, the Perfection of Wisdom. His hands are held in a variation of the esoteric teaching gesture.