Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity) - Lokanata (Black, 12 Arms)

སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས། 观音菩萨
(item no. 82089)
Origin Location Bhutan
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Drukpa (Kagyu, Bhutan) and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment
Collection Francoise Pommaret - photographs
Notes about the Central Figure

Alternate Names: Lokeshvara Avalokita Lokanata Lokanatha Mahakarunika

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

[24] Arya Avalokiteshvara, Wrathful Lord of the World. Arya Avalokiteshvara, with five faces. The body and main face are black, the right two [faces] are white and red, the left two, yellow and green. Each [face] has three eyes, bared fangs and yellow hair bristling upwards. [With] twelve arms, the six right [hands] hold, a small drum, katvanga, hook, lasso, vajra and arrow. The left six, a wrathful [mudra], skullcup, red lotus, jewel, chakra, and bow. Possessing the six mudras and adorned with a garland of human heads. Wearing a tiger skin as a lower garment. Standing in a manner with the left leg extended. (sgrub thabs brgya rtsa nas bshad pa'i lha tshogs rnams kyi mngon rtogs rjes gnang gi cho ga dang bcas pa'i tho yig mun sel sgron me).

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Region: Bhutan, Murals
Buddhist Deity: Lokeshvara, Lokanata (Black, 12 Arms)