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Four harmonious animals
| Four harmonious animals | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Language | Pāli, Sanskrit, Tibetic languages |
| Sutras | In Vinaya texts and Jātaka collections of many Buddhist canons |
The tale of the four harmonious animals, four harmonious friends or four harmonious brothers (Standard Tibetan: མཐུན་པ་སྤུན་བཞི།) (Wylie: mthun pa spun bzhi[1] or Wylie: mthun pa rnam bzhi[2]) is one of the Jātaka tales, part of Buddhist mythology, and is often the subject in works of Bhutanese and Tibetan art. It is perhaps the most common theme in Bhutanese folk art, featuring on many temple murals, stupas, and as a decorative pattern on many daily utensils.[3][4]: 108 [5]: 53 It is the best-known national folktale of Bhutan and is popular in Tibet and Mongolia:[4]: 107 [6] it is widely referred to in these cultures.[7][8][9]
- ^ Lama, Gege (1983). Principles of Tibetan Art. Vol. II. Darjeeling. p. 241.
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- ^ a b Dagyab, Loden Sherap (2016). Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture: An Investigation of the Nine Best-Known Groups of Symbols. Translated by Walshe, Maurice. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-86171-810-8.
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