Item: Yama Dharmaraja (Buddhist Protector) - Inner
གཤིན་རྗེ་ཆོས་རྒྱལ།
阎罗法王
(item no. 1009)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1800 - 1899 |
| Lineages | Gelug |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Rubin Museum of Art |
| Catalogue # | acc.# P2001.1.2 |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Deity
Appearance: Wrathful
Gender: Male
Yama Dharmaraja, Inner (Tibetan: shin je cho gyal, nang wa. English: the Inner Lord of Death, King of the Law): wrathful emanation of the bodhisattva Manjushri and the inner protector for the Vajrabhairava cycle of Tantra.
Tibetan: Shin je cho gyal
Jeff Watt 4-2001
Buddhist Protectors: Enlightened
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 9
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Tradition: Gelug Protectors
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