Item: Medicine Buddha - Retinue Figure
སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་ལྷ།
药师佛
(item no. 64606)
| Origin Location | China |
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| Lineages | Buddhist |
| Collection | National Museum of India, New Delhi |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Deity
Bhudevi (Tibetan: sa'i lha mo. English: Earth Goddess): retinue deity of the south western side of the Medicine Buddha Mandala of Fifty-one Deities. This textile belongs to a larger set depicting all fifty-one deities.
"...in the west direction...Bhudevi, yellow, holding a vase, riding on a sow." Collection of All Tantras vol.1, page 116.
Jeff Watt 6-2009
Subject: Guardians of the Ten Directions
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