Himalayan Art Resources

Video: Protector Deities (YouTube)

Protector Deities Page | Bibliography: Protector Deities

Book Reviews:
- Protector Deity Publications: Introduction
- Oracles and Demons of Tibet
- The Guardian Deities of Tibet

General Introduction:
- Wisdom Protectors
- Worldly Protectors
- Worldly Protectors Considered Wisdom Protectors
- Bon Religion Protectors
- Eight Dharmapala
- Function Versus Appearance
- Protector Deities & Religious Traditions
- Protectors: Gelug
- Protectors: Jonang, Bodong & Bulug
- Protectors: Karma Kagyu
- Protectors: Nyingma
- Protectors: Sakya
- Protectors: Shangpa Kagyu
- Protectors: Taglung, Drigung & Drugpa Kagyu
- Wrathful Offering Paintings

Mahakala:
- Mahakala: Buddhist Deity
- Mahakala Overview
- Mahakala In Context
- Mahakala: Three Clarifications
- Panjarnata Mahakala
- Panjarnata Mahakala, Painting #24453
- 75 Forms of Mahakala
- Raudrantaka Mahakala
- Shadbhuja Mahakala: Six Arms
- Begtse Chen
- Bhagavat Class of Mahakala Deities
- Brahmanarupa Mahakala
- Chaturbhuja Mahakala (Four Arms)
- Mahakala: HAR #22
- Chaturmukha Mahakala: Four Faces
- White Mahakala (Shangpa Tradition)

Specific Protector Deities:
- Bamo Witches
- Dorje Setrab
- Dorje Shugden
- Ekajati
- Pehar Gyalpo
- Shri Devi
- Tsangpa Karpo
- Tseringma
- Tsiu Marpo: Tsen Warrior
- Yama Dharmaraja

Jeff Watt 10-2020

(The images below are only a selection of examples).