Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Teacher (Lama)

བླ་མ། 喇嘛
(item no. 36541)
Lineages Jonang (Sakya) and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Drugdra Gyaltsen ('brug sgra rgyal mtshan).

He wears a black hat and long-sleeved robes associated with the black hat dance. He holds a ritual kila with both hands at his heart which shoots flames. There is a small effigy inside a triangular hearth at his feet, used in wrathful rituals.

Above right in the sky is a meditational deity with, three faces, eight hands standing on a water buffalo. Possibly a form of Krishna Yamari

Bottom left, Sri Devi Magzor Gyalmo, with one face, two arms, holding a staff and skull cup, with a human in her mouth.

Nick Dharmadi, 8-2026


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