Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Yamari, Krishna (Buddhist Deity) - Heruka (Eight Pronouncements)

གཤིན་རྗེ་གཤེད་ནག། ནག་པོ། 黑威罗瓦金刚
(item no. 90727)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Nyingma
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Tibet House, New York
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Wrathful Manjushri (Tibetan: tro wo jam pal ku); representing the 'body' aspect from the Eight Sections of Mahayoga Tantra of the Nyingma Kama Tradition, surrounded by retinue deities.

Jeff Watt 2-2000

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