Indian Adept (siddha) - Virupa
(item no. 352)

Tibet

1900 - 1959

Sakya and Ngor (Sakya) Lineages

101.60x71.12cm (40x28in)

Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1996.19.22)

 
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Virupa, Yogindra (Tibetan: bir wa pa, nal jor wang chug. English: the Ugly One, Lord of Yoga): progenitor of the Margapala (Lamdre) system for the interpretation of the Hevajra Tantra; the most important tantric teachings of the Sakya School of Tibetan Buddhism.

Descending at the left side are the lineage teachers of the Lamdre Lopshe tradition. Descending at the right are the lineage teachers of the Lamdre Tsogshe tradition.

At the bottom center is the wrathful deity Hevajra, blue in colour, with eight faces and sixteen hands. At the left side is the protector Panjarnata Mahakala. At the right side is Shri Devi. At the bottom left is Brahmarupa Mahakala and at the bottom right is the wordly protector and wealth deity Vaishravana.

Jeff Watt 9-2003


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Publication: Worlds of Transformation
Lineage: Margapala (Sakya Lamdre)

Thematic Set
Subject: Margapala (Lineage All in One)
Indian Adept: Virupa (Lineage Paintings)
Indian Adept: Virupa (Paintings)
Subject: Margapala Lineage Paintings (Sakya)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery VII
Indian Adept (Paintings)
Painting Style: Men-ri (New)
Indian Adept: Virupa (Main Page)
Painting Set: Lamdre Mahasiddhas



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