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thangka

Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton, or silk appliqué, usually depicting a Buddhist deity, scene, or mandala
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thangka

Summary

thangka ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (484 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • thangka is made of silk[2].
  • thangka is made of Plant and mineral products[3].
  • thangka is a type of painting[4].
  • thangka is a type of teaching method[5].
  • thangka is a type of genre of painting[6].
  • thangka's Commons category is recorded as Thangka[7].
  • thangka's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thangkas[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include painting[4], teaching method[5], and genre of painting[6].

Why It Matters

thangka ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (484 views/month).[1] thangka has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] thangka is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . himalayasshop.com. himalayasshop.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . himalayasshop.com. himalayasshop.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . himalayasshop.com. himalayasshop.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_thangka_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{thangka}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/thangka}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → painting, teaching method, genre of painting
    Topic's main category → Category:Thangkas
    Subclass of → —
    Wikidata description → Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton, or silk appliqué, usually depicting a Buddh
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15610, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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