Item: Indian Adept (siddha) - Virupa

Virupa, Yogindra (Tibetan: bir wa pa, nal jor wang chug. English: the Ugly One, Lord of Yoga): progenitor of the Margapala (Lamdre) system for the interpretation of the Hevajra Tantra; the most important tantric teachings of the Sakya School of Tibetan Buddhism.

Descending at the left side are the lineage teachers of the Lamdre Lopshe tradition. Descending at the right are the lineage teachers of the Lamdre Tsogshe tradition.

At the bottom center is the wrathful deity Hevajra, blue in colour, with eight faces and sixteen hands. At the left side is the protector Panjarnata Mahakala. At the right side is Shri Devi. At the bottom left is Brahmarupa Mahakala and at the bottom right is the wordly protector and wealth deity Vaishravana.

Jeff Watt 9-2003

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Thematic Sets
Subject: Lineage (Single Composition)
Subject: Margapala (Lineage All in One)
Indian Adept: Virupa Main Page
Indian Adept: Virupa (Lineage Paintings)
Indian Adept: Virupa (Paintings)
Collection of RMA: Ngor Style Paintings
Subject: Ngor Tradition (Teachers)
Subject: Lineage Composition (Greyscale)
Subject: Lineage Paintings - Dual
Indian Adept (Mahasiddha): Painting (Late Period 17th to the Present)
Tradition: Sakya Iconography
Publication: A Concise History of the Glorious Sakyapa School
Subject: Margapala Lineage Paintings (Sakya)
Indian Adept: Virupa (Right Pointing Gesture)
Tradition: Sakya Protectors (Composition Examples)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 7
Indian Adept Main Page (Mahasiddha)
Painting Style: Men-ri (New)
Painting Set: Lamdre Mahasiddhas