Origins of the Dalai Lama – Isiwatanka

[Origins of the Dalai Lama – Isiwo Thangka]

Origins of the Dalai Lama – Isiwo Thangka, 18th century, Tibet, cloth color, 143 cm long, 73 cm wide, 73 cm vertical and 45 cm horizontal. The old collection of the Qing Palace
Ishiwa (11th century), commonly known as Songai, was the eldest son of King Xiangxiong (today’s Aligur region). He gave up the throne and became a monk, and changed his name to Ishiwa (Zhihuiguang). It is said that he was captured by foreigners to raise funds for inviting the Indian eminent monk Adi Gorge to enter Tibetan Buddhism, and finally died in his own life
Ishiwa wears a crown, wears a common dress, steps on the lotus with his right foot, and sits on the throne under the bodhi tree in the right comfortable manner. The upper left corner is his guru Adi Gorge, the upper right corner is the mother of practice, and the lower right corner is the six-arm Bai Yong protection method
On the back of the painting, there is a four-body inscription in Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan on the white silk label. The Chinese text is: “On the sixth day of March of the 26th year of Qianlong’s reign, the emperor ordered Zhang Jiahu to recognize the origin and development of the Dalai Lama. The first on the left.”