Medicine Buddha
(item no. 74287)

Buryatia

1800 - 1899

Buddhist Lineage

Ground: Textile Image

Collection of Buryat Historical Museum


 


Raksha (Tibetan: sin po. English: Demon): retinue deity of the south western side of the Medicine Buddha Mandala of Fifty-one Deities. This textile belongs to a larger set depicting all fifty-one deities.

"...in the south west direction...Raksha, reddish-black, holding a sword, riding on a zombie." Collection of All Tantras vol.1, page 116.

Tenzin Dharlo, 5-2006


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Buddhist Deity: Medicine Buddha (All Images)
Textile: Embroidered Artwork
Collection of Buryat Historical Museum
Buddhist Deity: Medicine Buddha (retinue figures)



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