Paubha
Sign in to savethumb|200px|Paubha painting showing Vishnu Mandala (15th century). thumb|200px|Waumha Tara (Green Tara) A paubhā (Devanagari: पौभा) is a traditional religious painting made by the Newar people of Nepal. Paubhās depict deities, mandalas or monuments, and are used to help the practitioners in meditation. The Tibetan equivalent is known as thangka. The main difference between thangka and paubha is that thangka is a Buddhist art, while paubha is used for both Hindu and Buddhist art by the Newar community.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Paubha is referenced by 30 other articles, and connects out to Nepal, International Standard Book Number and Devanagari.
It is catalogued under topics including Buddhist art, Culture of Nepal and Hindu art.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- The painting
- Exhibitions
- Contemporary Paubhā
- See also
- References
thumb|200px|Paubha painting showing Vishnu Mandala (15th century). thumb|200px|Waumha Tara (Green Tara) A paubhā (Devanagari: पौभा) is a traditional religious painting made by the Newar people of Nepal. Paubhās depict deities, mandalas or monuments, and are used to help the practitioners in meditation. The Tibetan equivalent is known as thangka. The main difference between thangka and paubha is that thangka is a Buddhist art, while paubha is used for both Hindu and Buddhist art by the Newar community.
The traditional painters of paubhās are the Chitrakar caste who are known as Pun (पुं) in Nepal Bhasa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paubha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.