Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Vajrapani (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity)

ཕྱག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ། 金刚手菩萨
(item no. 34813)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Gelug and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Vajrapani Wearing a Tiger Skin (phag rdor seng sphags).

At the top right and left are two Buddha figures. At the bottom center is red Shadbhuja Mahakala the 'King of Power.'

Jeff Watt 8-2014

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