Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Hayagriva (Buddhist Deity)

རྟ་མགྲིན། ནང་ལྷ། 马头明王(佛教本尊)
(item no. 25220)
Origin Location Bhutan
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Kagyu, Drukpa (Kagyu, Bhutan) and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Hayagriva.

Video: HAR #25220

Inscriptions and Identification of Deities

Top center- Red Yamari (gshin rje gshed dmar po)

Top right - Black Yamari, one face two hands (gshin rje gshed nag po)

Top left - Red Hayagriva, three faces, eight hands, four legs (rdo rje rta mchog dmar po)

Center, Main figure - Hayagriva, three faces, eight hands, two legs (rta mgrin zhal gsum phyag brgyad pa)

Center Right Upper- Black Yamari Three face six hands (gshin rje gshed nag po)

Center Right Lower - Black Yamari, six faces six hands (gshin rje gdong drug)

Center Left Upper- Vajrajvālānalārka (rdo rje me dang nyi ma ‘bar ba)

Center Left Lower- Trailokyavijaya (‘jig rten gsum las rnam par rgyal ba)

Bottom Left- Hayagriva, one face, two hands (rtog pa bdun pa las gsungs pa‘i rta mgrin)

Bottom Center - Hayagriva three faces six hands four legs (gyud thams kyi snying po phyi ma’i rta mgrin)

Bottom Right- Yellow Jambhala, three faces six hands (dzambha la ser po zhal gsum phyag drug pa)

Nick Dharmadi, 5-2026

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