Item: Mahottara Heruka (Buddhist Deity) - (3 Faces)

Tibetan: ཆེ་མཆོག་ཧེ་རུ་ཀ། Chinese: 嘿噜嘎 (八大法)

(item no. 72)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Nyingma
Size	80.01x61.60cm (31.50x24.25in)
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue #	acc.# P1994.18.1

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Shri Vishuddha Heruka, surrounded by five other Heruka forms and forty-eight wrathful attendant figures with animal and daemon faces.

Jeff Watt 9-2000