Item No. 59701

Bhutan

1800 - 1899

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art


 


Arya Bhrikuti (Tib.: pag pa tro nyer chen ma).

Bhrikuti, [with] a body yellow in colour, one face and four hands. The right [two hold the gesture of] supreme generosity and a garland. The left, a stick and water pot. Wearing the hair as a crown. Slightly wrathful and [slightly] peaceful. Seated in the vajrasattva asana [posture]. (Konchog Lhindrub, 1497-1557)

Jeff Watt 6-2006


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Buddhist Deity: Bhrikuti
Iconography: Drub Tab Gyatso



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