Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Bodhisattva

བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ། 菩萨 (主页)
(item no. 7694)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1400 - 1499
Lineages Sakya and Buddhist
Material Clay, Painted Face/Hair
Collection Private
Catalogue # © Dudul Dorjay 2011
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Buddhasurya a retinue figure in the Vairochana mandala of the Vajrashekhara Samkshipta Kula Tantra (Vairochana, 1,271 Deity Mandala). (Sanskrit Text: vajrasekhara mahaguhya yoga tantra [Toh 480]. Tibetan: dpal rdo rje rtse mo rigs bsdus pa'i sgrub dkyil dbang chog dang bcas pa mkhas pa'i yid 'phrog). Gyantse Kumbum, Tibet.

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