3rd storey: chapel 3W

Temple devoted to Rin chen ’byung ldan (Ratnasambhava). The statue of Rin chen ’byung ldan (Ratnasambhava), gilded, sitting in vajrāsana, being surrounded by four vajrabodhisattvas. (groundplan No. 1); Painted Nam par snang mdzad chen po (Mahāvairocana), with four heads. In the centre of his chest is the figure of the Ādibuddha, who shows the figure of a jñānasattva on his chest (groundplan No. 2); Painted Tshe la dbang (Āyurvaśitā) (groundplan No. 3); Painted sPyan ras gzigs (Avalokiteśvara), surrounded by Sixteen Bodhisattvas (groundplan No. 4); Painted Padma mthar byed (Padmāntaka), with the Twenty-eight Nakṣatras (groundplan No. 5); Painted gShin rje mthar byed (Yamāntaka) (groundplan No. 6); Painted Kun tu bzang po (Samantabhadra) (groundplan No. 7); Painted Mos pa spyod kyi sa (Adhimukticaryā) (groundplan No. 8); Painted maṇḍala of Chos kyi dbyings gsung gi dbang phyug (Dharmadhātuvāgiśvara) (groundplan No. 9). [Lo Bue and Ricca 1993, p. 270-271].

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