Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mandala of Humkara (Buddhist Deity)

ཧུཾ་མཛད་ཀ་ར། ནང་ལྷ། 大威红胜金刚(佛教本尊)
(item no. 99641)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1300 - 1399
Lineages Sakya and Buddhist
Size 85x73cm (33.46x28.74in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Humkara Eleven Deity Mandala: a set of forty-two mandalas, as described in the Vajravali Sanskrit text of Abhayakaragupta, commissioned in honour of Lama Dampa Sonam Gyaltsen.

Tibetan Paintings by Pratapaditya Pal (list of image plates)

Related Items
Publications
Publication: Tibetan Paintings

Thematic Sets
Buddhist Deity: Humkara (Masterworks)
Buddhist Deity: Humkara Main Page
Painting Set: Vajravali (Lama Dampa Set)
Mandalas: Cemeteries on the Outside