Mahottara Heruka (Buddhist Deity) (Himalayan Art)

Mahottara Heruka (Buddhist Deity)
(item no. 800)

Eastern Tibet

1800 - 1899

Nyingma and Buddhist Lineages

80.01x59.69cm (31.50x23.50in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1998.32.7)

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Mahaottara: surrounded by the 8 Herukas and 8 Vidyadharas. (See another painting from the same set HAR #48302).

Jeff Watt 4-2001

Yellow Numbers - Teachers:
1. Nagarjuna
2. Gyalwa Chogyang
3. Dorje Wangtu
4. Palgyi Sengge
5. Garab Dorje
6. Rombu Guhya
7. Sanggye Yeshe
8. Jampal Shenyen
9. Padmasambhava
10. Yeshe Tsogyal
11. Nyangral
12. Trisongdetsen
13. Namka Nyingpo
14. Palgyi Yeshe
15. Shantigarbha
16. Dhanasamskrita
17. Humkara
18. Vairochana

White Numbers - Deities:
1. Mahaottara
2. Hayagriva, Padmeshvara
3. Jigten Choto
4. Vajrakila
5. Drag Ngag
6. Kasrung
7. Yangdag
8. Mamo Botong
9. Jampal Ku

Front of Painting
English Translation of Inscription: [Name inscriptions below each figure]

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Thematic Set
Tradition: Nyingma Deity Paintings
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery VIII
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Buddhist Deity: Mahottara Heruka