Himalayan Art Resources

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

ཆེ་མཆོག་ཧེ་རུ་ཀ། 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
Notes about the Central Figure

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

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Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 6
Tradition: Nyingma Deity Paintings
Subject: Guhyagarbha Tantra (Peaceful & Wrathful Deities)
Buddhist Deity: Mahottara Heruka (Chemchog)