Origin Location | Tibet |
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Date Range | 1200 - 1299 |
Lineages | Sakya and Buddhist |
Size | 55.90x49.80cm (22.01x19.61in) |
Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
Collection | Kronos Collection |
Virupa, Yogeshvara (Tibetan: nal jor wang chug bir wa pa. English: the Lord of Yoga, Ugly One): foremost in magical attainments among all the siddhas. He is surrounded in registers on all sides by the Eighty-four Great Siddhas of India and beyond.
Essay: A Mystery Solved
Video: Two Important Virupa Paintings
An inscription written on the reverse claims that the painting had been blessed by Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen (1182-1251).
"The Great Lord of Yoga Birwapa surrounded by the Eighty Mahasiddhas. The ritual sanctification was performed by the Lord of Dharma Sakya Pandita.'
(See HAR on Patreon for an essay and video of this painting).
Jeff Watt 11-2021
Shinzo Shiratori 9-2024
Thematic Sets
Subject: Composition - Registers
Indian Adept (Mahasiddha): Painting (Early Period 11th-14th)
Subject: Travel Bag (Monks & Siddhas)
Subject: Three Great Nepalese Style Paintings
Indian Adept: Virupa - A Mystery Solved
Indian Adept: Virupa (Left Pointing Gesture)
Indian Adept: Virupa Art History
Video: Religious Context (YouTube)
Nepal: Masterworks (Painting)
Subject: Inscriptions (Historical Information)
Indian Adept: Virupa Main Page
Indian Adept: Virupa (Siddha Sets)
Indian Adept: Virupa (Paintings)
Indian Adept: Virupa (Painting Masterworks)
Buddhist Deity: Vajradhara & the Eighty-four Mahasiddhas (Single Composition)
Indian Adept: Siddha Appearance Masterworks (Painting)
Indian Adept: Hands of the Dakini/Deity
Subject: Sakya/Shalu Mahasiddha System
Publication: A Concise History of the Glorious Sakyapa School
Region: Nepal, Miscellaneous Subjects
Exhibition: Mandalas, Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet