Yamari, Rakta (Buddhist Deity)
(item no. 65021)

Tibet

1500 - 1599

Sakya and Buddhist Lineages

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.#C2001.9.2)

 
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Rakta Yamari according to the tradition of Mahasiddha Virupa.

Four additional wrathful figures identical to Rakta Yamari, except for body colour, surround the central figure. Lineage teachers are located at the top sides and bottom of the composition along with a donor figure.

At the top center is Virupa with Dombi Heruka seated atop a tiger on the left and Shridhara seated on the right - appearing with a buffalo head.

At the bottom center is the protector deity Panjarnata Mahakala.

Jeff Watt 8-2011

Front of Painting
English Translation of Inscription: [Inscription along the bottom front of the composition]


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