Tara
(item no. 59743)

Tibet

1600 - 1699

Sakya, Ngor (Sakya) and Buddhist Lineages

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Barbara and Walter Frey


 


Mahachinakrama Tara (Tib.: gya nag gi rim pa drol ma).

"Tara, black, [with] one face and four hands. The first two [hands] hold a curved knife and skullcup. The lower right a sword and the lower left an utpala. [With] three eyes and bared fangs, brown hair bristling upwards, swelling breasts and a belly hanging down. Having a lower garment of tiger skin and adorned with skulls and snakes. Standing on a corpse seat in a manner with the left leg extended." (One Hundred Methods of Accomplishment, Konchog Lhundrub, 1497-1557).

Jeff Watt, 6-2006




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