Marichi - Ashokanta (1 face, 2 hands)
(item no. 59718)

Bhutan

1800 - 1899

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art


 


Ashokanta Marichi (Tib.: ozer chen ma).

"On the back of a yellow pig is a lotus and moon, ...Marichi, yellow, [with] one face and two hands. The right [in the gesture of] supreme generosity, the left holding a branch of the ashoka tree. Having jewel ornaments and garments of silk. Standing with the legs straight." (Konchog Lhundrub, ).

Jeff Watt 6-2006


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Thematic Set
Buddhist Deity: Marichi (Goddess of the Dawn)
Iconography: Drub Tab Gyatso



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