Princess Wencheng
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Princess Wencheng was a princess and member of a minor branch of the imperial clan of the Tang dynasty, who married King Songtsen Gampo of the Tibetan Empire in 641. She is also known by the name Gyas
Princess Wencheng
Ramoche Gonpa, Wencheng's legacy, built originally to house the statue Jowo Shakyamuni Rinpoche
Tara (Buddhism)
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Tara, Ārya Tārā, also known as Jetsün Dölma, is an important female Buddha in Buddhism, especially revered in Vajrayana Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. She may appear as a female bodhisattva in Mahaya
Princess Wencheng
…in Tibet. Both Wencheng and Songtsen Gampo's first wife, Nepali princess Bhrikuti, are considered to be physical manifestations of the bodhisattvas White Tara and Green Tara respectively. In 634, King Songtsen Gampo sent an envoy to Luoyang, the eastern Tang capital. When Songtsen heard that both the Turks and Tuyuhun had…
13th century Tibetan painting of Green Tara
Three Taras at Ellora Caves, Cave number 12
Green Tara attended by White Tara and Cintamani Tārā (Yellow Tara). Madhya Pradesh, Sirpur, c. 8th century
Tara image from Nepal, 10th century