Item: Worldly Protector (Buddhist) - Cha Kyung

Cha Khyung (Bird-Horned Eagle): an indigenous mountain deity of the Amdo region, in the retinue of Amnye Machen, subjugated by Padmasambhava, the mountain deity of the west side of the river in Rebkong, Amdo, China.

Peaceful in appearance with one face and two hands the right holds aloft a banner adorned with silks and jewels. The left hand held at the waist carries a vase filled with precious jewels; riding atop a light brown horse. Above sits Padmasambhava with a rain of jewels falling from the vase in the lap. Attendant warrior figures ride below with heaps of treasure piled between the two.

Jeff Watt 3-2000 (revised 3-2003)

Thematic Sets
Buddhist Protector: Mountain Gods (Palpung Painting Style)
Buddhist Protectors, Worldly Deities (Lokapala)
Buddhist Tibetan Deity: Jakyung Page
Buddhist Protectors: Worldly (Nyingma)
Subject: Mountain Gods & Local Deities
Exhibition: Bon, The Magic Word (RMA 2007)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 5