Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Yamari, Krishna (Buddhist Deity) - Drigung Tradition

གཤིན་རྗེ་གཤེད་ནག། ནག་པོ། 黑威罗瓦金刚
(item no. 25253)
Origin Location Tibet
Lineages Kagyu, Drigung (Kagyu) and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line, Black Background on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Krishna Yamari with three faces and six hands.

Stylistically, this painting appears to be a copy of HAR 661 by an artist with a similar style. The main difference is that the teaching lineage at the top of this painting has been expanded to 27 teachers, the earlier painting has 22 teachers. This is likely an expanded lineage because there are different lists for the Krishna Yamari teaching lineage.

There is a minor iconographic mistake: the third right hand is not holding anything, it should be holding a vajra. This is possible evidence suggesting this is a later artist's copy.

This painting also has a deity added to the bottom center, which is iconographically correct such as HAR 3314555.

Nick Dharmadi 8-2026

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