Home›Sources›Wheel of Life, accession C2006.66.131 (Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art)SourcesWheel of Life, accession C2006.66.131 (Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art)sourceCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Wheel of Life, accession C2006.66.131 (Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wheel-of-life-bhavacakra-thangka-sources.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Wheel of Life, accession C2006.66.131 (Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wheel-of-life-bhavacakra-thangka-sourcesCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-wheel-of-life-accession-c2006-66-131-rub, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Wheel of Life, accession C2006.66.131 (Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wheel-of-life-bhavacakra-thangka-sources}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA citation to the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art's own catalogue entry for this thangka, accession C2006.66.131, cross-checked against Smarthistory's published curatorial discussion of the same object with the museum's senior curator. Their strength is a directly examined institutional catalogue record plus expert curatorial commentary on iconography. Their limit is that neither source is a study of how the Wheel of Life is actually used in monastery teaching practice today, only of the object and its traditional iconographic program.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (31 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedRubin Museum of Himalayan Art, catalogue entry; Elena Pakhoutova (Senior Curator) with SmarthistoryPublisherWell-attestedrubinmuseum.org and smarthistory.orgPublication YearWell-attested2026URLWell-attestedhttps://rubinmuseum.org/collection/c2006-66-131/Source TypeWell-attestedMuseumAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art's own catalogue entry, credited to its named senior curator and cross-referenced with Smarthistory; a reliable curatorial record, but a catalogue entry rather than a full scholarly monograph, hence the middle tier.Claims Backed By This Source (31 claims)This source backs 31 claims across the atlas. As facts: 24 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSacred Art & Iconography, 16 claims: 11 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.Articles, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.Well-attested24ArticlesA Wheel Held in the Jaws of DeathPainted for Every Visitor, Not Only the InitiatedSacred Art & IconographyWheel of Life (Bhavacakra) ThangkaSourcesWheel of Life, accession C2006.66.131 (Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art)Holds4Sacred Art & IconographyWheel of Life (Bhavacakra) ThangkaGeneral References3ArticlesA Wheel Held in the Jaws of DeathPainted for Every Visitor, Not Only the InitiatedSacred Art & IconographyWheel of Life (Bhavacakra) ThangkaComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year