page_title: Buddhist poetry
hierarchical_section_title: Buddhist poetry
caption_attribution_description: English: Bhutanese painted thanka of Milarepa (1052-1135), Late 19th-early 20th Century, Dhodeydrag Gonpa, Thimphu, Bhutan
context_page_description: Buddhist poetry is a genre of literature that forms a part of Buddhist discourse.
context_section_description: Buddhist poetry is a genre of literature that forms a part of Buddhist discourse.
caption: A thangka of Milarepa (1052-1135), a great yogi and poet of Tibet. His poetry is quite probably inspired by Indian Tantric Buddhist poetry, such as dohas by Mahasiddha Saraha, to mention one among many other examples.
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