Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Jigten Choto (Eight Pronouncements) - (Terma Tradition)

འཇིག་རྟེན་མཆོད་བསྟོད། 世俗神的供奉和称颂
(item no. 461)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Nyingma and Buddhist
Size 76.20x53.34cm (30x21in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line, Black Background on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc.# F1996.16.4
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Jigten Choto (Sanskrit: Lokastotrapuja) the 7th in the set of Eight Pronouncement Deities of the Nyingma Tradition, associated with the Indian Adept Rambuguhya.

Jeff Watt 12-2001

Front of Painting
Wylie Transliteration of Inscription: rigs ''dzin bdud ''jom rdo rje. rigs ''dzin rom bu gu he tsanda. slob dpon dpal gyi seng ge. rigs ''dzin gnam lcag me ''bar.

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