Item: Shri Heruka (Eight Pronouncements)
དཔལ་ཧེ་རུ་ཀ། སྒྲུབ་པ་བཀའ་བརྒྱད།
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
Chemchog Heruka, surrounded by five other Heruka forms and forty-eight wrathful attendant figures with animal and daemon faces.
Jeff Watt 9-2000
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 6
Tradition: Nyingma Deity Paintings
Subject: Guhyagarbha Tantra (Peaceful & Wrathful Deities)
Buddhist Deity: Mahottara Heruka (Chemchog 3 Faces)
Buddhist Deity: Eight Pronouncement Heruka
Buddhist Deity: Samputa (Shri Heruka, Kagye)
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