Item: Tara (Buddhist Deity)

Tara, Removing Poverty (Clearing All Misfortune): composition #12 from the set of the Twenty-one Taras according to the system of Suryagupta.

The three figures at the top center belong to the set of Thirty-five Confession Buddhas. Directly below are green Mahamayuri and blue Mantramanudharani belonging to the set of five deities known as the Pancha Raksha.

At the lower right and left are two of the Twelve Yaksha Generals from the Medicine Buddha mandala of fifty-one deities.

At the bottom center is Dorje Yudronma. At the left is 'Tersar Dzammar' red Jambhala. At the right is orange Vaishravana Blowing a Conch.

Jeff Watt 6-2014