Item: Mahottara Heruka (Buddhist Deity) - (9 Faces)

Tibetan: ཆེ་མཆོག་ཧེ་རུ་ཀ། Chinese: 嘿噜嘎 (八大法)

(item no. 91022)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1700 - 1799
Lineages	Nyingma
Size	93.98x55.88cm (37x22in)
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Erie Art Museum

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Mahottara Heruka (Tibetan: trag tung). Wrathful, blue-black, with nine heads and eighteen hands, he embraces the consort; standing on a sun disc and lotus seat encircled by orange flames. Eight retinue deities surround the central figure and three protectors stand at the bottom center. At the top, in a sphere of light, is the primordial Buddha Vajradhara with various Nyingma lineage lamas sitting at the sides.

Jeff Watt 9-2000