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L0035124 Or Tibetan 114 - Bloodletting chart, Tibet
L0035124 Or Tibetan 114 - Bloodletting chart, Tibet
Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images
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Chart indicating good and bad bloodletting days and when to guard against demons. The chart also contains a sme ba, 9 figures symbolising the elements in geomancy, in the centre with the Chinese pa-kua, 8 trigrams, surrounded by 12 animals representing months and years. Below this, symbols of the 7 days of the week. 106 compartments containing an ornamental letter in each and written in dbu indicate bloodletting days. The protector deities, top, are Manjursri, the White Tara and Vajrapani, below them the 8 fortune signs and other symbols.
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L0035124 Or Tibetan 114 - Bloodletting chart, Tibet
L0035124 Or Tibetan 114 - Bloodletting chart, Tibet
Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images
images@wellcome.ac.uk
Chart indicating good and bad bloodletting days and when to guard against demons. The chart also contains a sme ba, 9 figures symbolising the elements in geomancy, in the centre with the Chinese pa-kua, 8 trigrams, surrounded by 12 animals representing months and years. Below this, symbols of the 7 days of the week. 106 compartments containing an ornamental letter in each and written in dbu indicate bloodletting days. The protector deities, top, are Manjursri, the White Tara and Vajrapani, below them the 8 fortune signs and other symbols.
Published: -
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UK, see wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/page/Prices.html