Yamari, Krishna (Buddhist Deity)
(item no. 59738)

Tibet

1500 - 1599

Sakya, Ngor (Sakya) and Buddhist Lineages

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

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Krishna Yamari (Tib.: shin je she nag po. Eng.: the Black Killer of Death).

"He is the same as all the other [previous Yamaris], with three faces and six hands, the body and main face are blue, the right white and the left red. With six hands, the three right hold, a wheel, sword and staff, the three left, a body impaled on a strong vetali tree, vajra and noose." (Konchog Lhundrub, 1497-1557).

Jeff Watt, 6-2006




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