Sarasvati
(item no. 59724)

Bhutan

1800 - 1899

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art


 


Vajra Sarasvati, Wrathful and Secret Vajra Sarasvati (Tib.: dor je yang chen ma mar mo): from the Krishna Yamari Tantra.

"Vajra Sarasvati, with three faces and six hands. The main face is red, the right blue and the left white. The three right hands hold, a lotus, sword and curved knife. The three left, a wheel, jewel and skullcup. Having jewel ornaments and garments of silk. Seated in a manner of ease with the left leg extended." (Konchog Lhundrub, 1497-1557).

Jeff Watt 6-2006


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Buddhist Deity: Sarasvati
Iconography: Drub Tab Gyatso



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