Item: Medicine Buddha - Yaksha General

Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་ལྷ། Chinese: 药师佛

(item no. 1996)

Origin Location	China
Date Range	1700 - 1799
Lineages	Gelug and Buddhist
Material	Metal, Mercuric Gild
Collection	Private

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Medicine Buddha retinue figure. In the Northern direction, Neche, smokey-coloured and holding a sword in the right hand and a mongoose in the left. He is the sixth of the twelve Yaksha Generals in the Medicine Buddha mandala.