Item: Simhamukha (Buddhist Deity) - (Bari Lineage)
| Origin Location | Mongolia |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1800 - 1899 |
| Lineages | Buddhist |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Paper |
| Collection | Private |
Classification: Deity
Appearance: Animal-Feature
Gender: Female
Simhamukha, Blue: associated with the Chakrasamvara Tantra according to the tradition of Bari Lotsawa.
"...the wisdom Dakini Simhamukha, with a body blue-black in colour, one face, two hands; three eyes, red, round and glaring; bared fangs and a curled tongue. The right hand holds aloft to the sky a curved-knife marked with a vajra. The left a blood filled skullcup to the heart, carrying a three-pointed khatvanga staff in the bend of the left elbow. Orange hair, eyebrows and beard flowing upwards, with five dry human heads as a crown and fifty wet, blood dripping, as a necklace. With five bone ornaments and a tiger skin as a lower garment; standing on the left leg with the right drawn-up, in the middle of a blazing fire of pristine awareness." [sGrub Thabs Kun bTus, vol.8, folios 288-290. Translated in 1989].
Jeff Watt 2-2009
Buddhist Deity: Simhamukha Main Page
Subject: Miscellaneous Categories (Lhantab)
Subject: Thirteen Golden Dharmas (Zurich)