Item: Vajravega (Buddhist Protector)

Vajravega (T. dor je shug): the principal protector deity for the Kalachakra Tantra and practices.

The Wheel of Time (Kalachakra) is a principal meditational deity in Tantric Buddhism. Like most deities in Buddhism, the Wheel of Time is a construct, a creation of symbolic elements and characteristics formed to personify a particular text called the Kalachakra Tantra and to function as a mnemonic device. The metaphor for the practice of the Wheel of Time is time itself; the moments passing, the minutes and hours in the day, years, lunar and solar cycles, along with the rhythms and cycles of the human body.

At the bottom left side is the female deity Vishvamata and Shabala Garuda. The four figures on the right side are Panjarnata Mahakala, Shri Devi, Vaishravana and Yellow Jambhala.

Jeff Watt 1-2005 [updated 12-2025]

Thematic Sets
Subject: Jonangpa Tradition
Buddhist Protector: Vajravega (Protector) Main Page
Textile: Masterworks (纺织品, འཐག་དྲུབ་མ།)
Painting Style: Khyenri - Wrathful Deities
Painting Tradition: Khyenri Main Page