Buddha Shakyamuni seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base with his hands held in bhumisparsa mudra, amidst a grassy landscape filled with various compartmentalized narratives from his previous incarnations. The Avadanakalpalata, written by the 11th-century Kashmiri poet Kshemendra, forms the literary basis for this thangka. Gouache and gold on cloth. Silk mounting. Wear, stains and small repairs.