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	Arhat 
	
	
	
	    Ajita 
	
	    (painting no. 166)
	 
	| Collection: | 
	Shelley & Donald Rubin | 
	  
	
	
	
	
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	69x59cm (27.5x23.5in) | 
	  
	
	| Paint: | 
	Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line | 
	  
	
	
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Ajita is said to bestow the ability to enter into meditation and grants protection and steadfast devotion to practice.  The iconography is somewhat unusual here in that he holds a scroll as opposed to the usual mudra of meditation. 
M. Mokotoff 5-98  
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
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