thangka

noun

1. A painted or embroidered linen banner, usually depicting Buddhist themes, originating in Tibet; a prayer flag.

   When the talks by Lama Thubten Yeshe on Buddhist and Christian meditation were published, the text included a reproduction of a Christian icon and a Tibetan thangka.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Tibetan ཐང་ཀ (thang ka, literally “painting”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry thangka (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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