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# Kshitigarbha

Paper painting, with paper border and linen suspension loops, showing Ksitigarbha as protector of Souls in hell; Ksitigarbha sits on scarlet lotus behind draped altar; no rocks appear. Head – dress dark pink with yellow spots. On one side of altar stands monk, on other sits lion with wings;

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 600–999 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm.2002-17-211](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm.2002-17-211) · Pramāṇa
