Item: Medicine Buddha - Yaksha General

Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་ལྷ། Chinese: 药师佛

(item no. 19833)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1400 - 1499
Lineages	Sakya and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Private

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Jijig, Medicine Buddha retinue figure.

Jijig (Tibetan: ji jig. English: frightful): retinue deity of the eastern side of the Medicine Buddha Mandala of Fifty-one Deities. This painting belongs to a larger set depicting all fifty-one deities. Several works from this set are known in Western art collections.

"...at the eastern door...Jijig, yellow, [holding] a vajra, ...the left holds a mongoose." Collection of All Tantras vol.1, page 117.

Jeff Watt 2-2009