Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mandala of Vajrayogini (Buddhist Deity) - (Naropa Tradition)

རྡོ་རྗེ་རྣལ་འབྱོར་མ། སྣང་བརྙན་ཡོངས། 金刚瑜伽佛母(全图)
(item no. 205482)
Origin Location Tibet
Lineages Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Semi-Peaceful

Gender: Female

Interpretation / Description

Mandala: 13 deity Vajravarahi, Naropa tradition

Surrounding deities from the Drub thab gyatsa: 75. Hevajra, Shri Heruka, with a body blue in colour, one face and two hands. 76. Vajra Nairatmya, with a body black in colour, one face and two hands. 77. Vajra Varahi, with a body red in colour, one face and two hands 78. Sukla Tara: Tara Showing Virtuous Action, white with three faces and six hands.

From the Drub thab Gyatso: 1. Shakyamuni Buddha, golden, one face and two hands.

Note that at this point in the set of 108 mandala paintings, the deities surrounding the mandalas change. Now all the surrounding deities belong to the Drub thab Gyatso (Ocean of Methods of Accomplishment) list.


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