Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Vajrayogini (Buddhist Deity) - Krodha Kali (Wrathful Black Varahi)

རྡོ་རྗེ་རྣལ་འབྱོར་མ། སྣང་བརྙན་ཡོངས། 金刚瑜伽佛母(全图)
(item no. 491)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Nyingma and Shiche/Chöd
Size 68.58x46.99cm (27x18.50in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc.# F1996.25.1
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Semi-Peaceful

Gender: Female

Interpretation / Description

Troma Nagmo with a retinue of Four Dakinis (Sanskrit: Krishna Krodhini. English: the Fierce Black One), a wrathful form of Vajravarahi.

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Exhibition Appearances
Exhibition: Female Buddhas at Bruce Museum of Art

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Buddhist Deity: Deities (Female)
Buddhist Deity: Vajrayogini, Krodha Kali
Tradition: Zhije & Chod (Pacifying, Cutting, Severing)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 3
Tradition: Nyingma Deity Paintings
Buddhist Deity: Vajrayogini Main Page