Item: Ekajati (Buddhist Deity)

Tibetan: རལ་གཅིག་མ། ནང་ལྷ། Chinese: 一发佛母（佛教本尊）

(item no. 59703)

Origin Location	Bhutan
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Drukpa (Kagyu, Bhutan) and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Rubin Museum of Art

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Ekajati: blue in colour with one face and two hands.

"Ekajati, black in colour, with one face and two hands. The right [hand] holds a curved knife and the left a blood filled skullcup to the heart, above and below, (etc., the same as earlier [HAR 59704])." (Thartse Panchen Namka Chime, 1756-1820).

Jeff Watt, 6-2006