Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mandala of Ushnishavijaya (Buddhist Deity)

གཙུག་གཏོར་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་མ། ཚེ་ལྷ། 尊圣佛母(本尊)
(item no. 205442)
Origin Location Tibet
Lineages Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Mandala: 33-deity Usnishavijaya

Top center teacher: Gonpo Sonam Chogden (1603-1659), who taught both Sakya and Nyingma teachings. He is flanked by two teachers wearing yellow hats, these two are unidentified.

Surrounding deities:

White Amitayus of the Chag tradition

White Tara

Shadbhuja Mahakala

The unidentified Gelug teacher at the bottom right of the painting is most likely the sponsor of the entire painting set. However, the inscription is not clearly legible.

Nick Dharmadi, 7-2026


View other items in the Thematic Set: Publication: Celestial Palace of the Gods of Tantric Vajrayana