Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Hevajra (Buddhist Deity) - (Hevajra Tantra)

ཀྱེ་རྡོ་རྗེ། ནང་ལྷ། 喜金刚(佛教本尊)
(item no. 12867)
Origin Location Tibet
Lineages Sakya and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment, Black Background on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Semi-Peaceful

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P25326

Interpretation / Description

Shri Hevajra, Naraitmya and the Eight Goddesses (Tibetan: pal gye pa dor je lha mo gye), one of the the principal deities of Tantric Buddhism.

At the top center is Vajradhara Buddha surrounded by Indian and Tibetan lineage teachers.

Below Hevajra are two rows of four goddesses named Vetali, Dombini, Ghashmari and Pukkashi and on the left Candali, Chauri, Shavari and Gauri. They each have one face and two hands, various colours, wearing bone ornaments and a necklace of fifty skulls, standing above a corpse, sun and lotus seat.

Jeff Watt 8-2014

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