Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Kunzang Gyalwa Dupa (Bon Deity)

ཀུན་བཟང་རྒྱལ་བ་འདུས་པ། བོན་ལྷ། 昆桑嘉瓦度巴(本教本尊)
(item no. 73120)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1500 - 1599
Lineages Bon
Size 32.99cm (12.99in) high
Material Schist, Gray
Collection Private
Catalogue # Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Kunzang Gyalwa Dupa.

Video: HAR #73120

Tibetan: kun bzang rgyal ba 'dus pa.

Kunzang Gyalwa Dupa, the All-good Collection of Conquerors, is a peaceful deity representing the powers and strengths of all the great Bon deities. He is also the peaceful form of three of the fiercest deities: Walse Ngampa, Trowo Tsochog Kagying and Lago Topa.

Jeff Watt [updated 6-2017]

The Bon Religion of Tibet: (list of image plates)

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