Item: Marichi (Buddhist Deity) - Ashokanta (1 face, 2 hands)

Tibetan: འོད་སེར་ཅན་མ། ནང་ལྷ། Chinese: 具光佛母（佛教本尊）

(item no. 59718)

Origin Location	Bhutan
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Rubin Museum of Art

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Female

Interpretation / Description

Ashokanta Marichi (Tib.: ozer chen ma).

"On the back of a yellow pig is a lotus and moon, ...Marichi, yellow, [with] one face and two hands. The right [in the gesture of] supreme generosity, the left holding a branch of the ashoka tree. Having jewel ornaments and garments of silk. Standing with the legs straight." (Konchog Lhundrub, ).

Jeff Watt 6-2006