Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Vajrasattva (Buddhist Deity)

རྡོ་རྗེ་སེམས་དཔའ། 金刚萨埵
(item no. 91020)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Nyingma
Size 50.80x35.56cm (20x14in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Erie Art Museum
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Deity, Peaceful: with one face and two hands holding a golden vajra to the heart with the right hand, he sits surrounded by lineage teachers above and to the sides. At the bottom center is the wrathful protector Mahakala 'Gonpo Legden' with the worldly protectors Rahula to the left and Gonpo Marutse to the right.

Jeff Watt 9-2000

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