Sitatapatra Masterworks

- Art History

- Iconography

- Religious Context

Videos:
- Sitatapatra: White Parasol
- Early Works: Part 1
- Early Works: Part 2
- Universal Deities

Sitatapatra: Vajra Ushnisha Sitatapatra (Tibetan: dor je tsug tor dug kar mo. English: The White Parasol One of the Vajra Crown Protuberance [of the Buddha]).

Sanskrit: Sitatapatra Tibetan: Dug kar mo

According to the Sarma Schools (New Schools of Buddhism - Sakya, Kagyu, Jonang, Gelug, etc.) she belongs to the Kriya Classification of Tantra. From the variety of forms in which she appears, one faced, three faced, five faced and thousand faced, the one thousand faced Sitatapatra is the most popular and the form most commonly depicted in artistic representation, usually in painting and cast metal.

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Jeff Watt 2-2003 [updated 8-2013, 5-2017, 2-2020]

Sitatapatra (Buddhist Deity)
(1000 faces, 1000 hands)

Sitatapatra (Buddhist Deity)
(1000 faces, 1000 hands)

Sitatapatra (Buddhist Deity)
(1000 faces, 1000 hands)

Sitatapatra (Buddhist Deity)
(1000 faces, 1000 hands)

Sitatapatra (Buddhist Deity)
(1000 faces, 1000 hands)

Sitatapatra (Buddhist Deity)
(Three faces, ten hands)

Sitatapatra (Buddhist Deity)
(Three faces, eight hands)

Sitatapatra (Buddhist Deity)
(1000 faces, 1000 hands)

Sitatapatra (Buddhist Deity)
(Three faces, eight hands)

Sitatapatra (Buddhist Deity)
(1000 faces, 1000 hands)

Sitatapatra (Buddhist Deity)
(One face, two hands)

Sitatapatra (Buddhist Deity)
(1000 faces, 1000 hands)