Lalitavajra’s manual is a fundamental contribution to the understanding of Buddhist iconography. It is one of the earliest pantheons by the famous Lcan-skya Incarnate Rol.Pahi.rdo.rje or Lalitavajra who was the dominating lamaist figure at the Manchu Court of K’ien-lung (1736-1795 AC). Lalitavajra lived from 1717 to 1786 AC and so this pantheon has to be dated in the eighteenth century. It was xylographed with his preface and illustrates three hundred masters ...
