Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Trowo Tsochog Kagying (Bon Deity)

ཁྲོ་བོ་གཙོ་མཆོག་མཁའ་འགྱིང་། བོན་གྱི་གསང་སྔགས་ནང་རྒྱུད་ཀྱི་ཡི་དམ་དྲག་པོ། 措秋卡央(苯教本尊)
(item no. 90758)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Bon
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Tibet House, New York
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Trowo Tsochog Khagying and the consort Khala Dugmo: wrathful meditational deities.

Tibetan: Trowo Tsochog Khagying

Fearsome in appearance, black in colour, he has three faces, six hands and two legs. At the top center is the peaceful deity Kunzang Gyalwa Dupa. At the bottom center is the wrathful enlightened protector Sipe Gyalmo, female, with three faces and six hands, riding atop a mule.

Jeff Watt 2-2001

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