Medicine Buddha - Retinue Figure
(item no. 61144)

Tibet

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

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Jijig, Medicine Buddha retinue figure.

Jijig (Tibetan: ji jig. English: frightful): retinue deity of the eastern side of the Medicine Buddha Mandala of Fifty-one Deities. This painting belongs to a larger set depicting all fifty-one deities. Several works from this set are known in Western art collections.

"...at the eastern door...Jijig, yellow, [holding] a vajra, ...the left holds a mongoose." Collection of All Tantras vol.1, page 117.

Jeff Watt 2-2009


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Buddhist Deity: Medicine Buddha (retinue figures)
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