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Symbol
Variations
''Old type of
Ga-den Thangka''
The order of the
eight Buddhist Symbols on the earlier Ga-den Thangkas is as follows: the
umbrella, the golden fish, the lotus, the endless knot, the wheel of law, the
banner of victory, the conch shell and the holy vase.
"Later
type of Ga-den Thangka"
The order of the
eight Symbols of the later types is: the umbrella, the golden fish, the holy
vase, the lotus, the conch shell, the wheel of law, the banner of victory and
the wheel of law.
On this
page you can find an overview of all variations of the Buddhism Symbols you can
find on the Tibetan Ga-den Thangkas as far as I know.
The Umbrella
The golden fish
The lotus flower
The endless knot
The wheel of law
The holy vase
The conch
Shell
The banner of victory
Number
of varieties.
The
exact number of varieties is not known. Not every variation of e.g. the golden
fish will be found with every variation of the lotus flower. But there are still
a lot of different Ga-den Thangkas. For instance if there were only two
varieties of each of the eight Buddhism Symbols, we would already have a total
of 256 varieties (two to the powder of eight). Since the number of
varieties on each of the symbols exceeds two and because there are a lot of
other variations besides the Buddhism Symbols the total amount of different
Ga-den Thangkas is enormous.
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Hans Sanders (NL)