Item: Vajrasattva (Buddhist Deity) - Samputa Tantra (3 faces, 6 hands)

Tibetan: རྡོ་རྗེ་སེམས་དཔའ། Chinese: 金刚萨埵

(item no. 102261)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Sakya and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Shechen Archives - photographs

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Semi-Peaceful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Samputa Vajrasattva, white in colour, with three faces and six hands embracing the consort similar in appearance.

At the top center is the mahasiddha Dombi Heruka riding a tiger. At the left is Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen. On the right side is Chogyal Pagpa.

At the bottom left is Shmashana Adhipati appearing as a skeleton couple. On the right is Black Jambhala.

Jeff 2-2011