Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mandala of Mahamaya (Buddhist Deity)

མཱ་ཧ་མཱ་ཡཱ། ནང་ལྷ། 大幻化(本尊佛教)
(item no. 205489)
Origin Location Tibet
Lineages Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Mandala: Single-Deity Mahamaya (Kukkuripa Tradition)

Surrounding deities from the Drub thab gyatso: 42. Manjushri, Prajna, White with One Face and Two Hands 43. Manjushri, Namasangiti, White with One Face and Two Hands 44. Manjushri, White with One Face and Two Hands 45. Manjushri, White with Three Faces and Four Hands 46. Manjushri, Vajra, Orange with Three Faces and Six Hands

Note, Deity 42 is orange in a different edition of the iconographic text, the variation could be based on different versions of the Drub thab gyatso list.


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