Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Chart - Yantra Diagram

རེའུ་མིག། བྲིས་ཐང་སྣ་ཚོགས། 表格(绘画种类)
(item no. 91073)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Uncertain
Size 35.56x35.56cm (14x14in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Erie Art Museum
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Object/Concept

Interpretation / Description

Wrathful Diagram (Tibetan: drag po'i trul kor. Sanskrit: Krodha yantra): belonging to the cycle of wrathful meditational deities. This is a ritual object intended for use as a base mandala image lying flat on a shrine table with other ritual objects and offerings in bowls arranged around the four sides and in the central blue triangle.

Jeff Watt 10-2000

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