Item: Jnana Dakini (Buddhist Deity) - (Three Faces, Six Arms)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
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| Date Range | 1700 - 1799 |
| Lineages | Buddhist |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Publication: Wisdom Publications, Calender |
"Seated above a lion, variously [coloured] lotus and moon seat is Jnana Dakini, blue [in colour], with three faces, blue, white and red, and six arms. Each face has three eyes. The right three hands hold a katvanga staff, axe and vajra scepter. The right three [hands] hold a bell, blood filled skullcup and a sword. Adorned with a skull garland and the five mudras, [she] is seated in sattva posture in the middle of a fiercely blazing mass of pristine awareness fire." (bod brgyud nang bstan lha tshogs chen mo bshugs so, page 388).
The meditational deity Jnana Dakini arises from the Chaturpita Tantra (catuhpitha-mahayoginitantraraja-nama) and is typically found in a thirteen deity mandala configuration. The principal deity of the tantra is Yogambara. (See TBRC w25336, w25337, w25338).
Jeff Watt 2-2014 [updated 7-2018]
Wisdom Calendar 2006 - July (full catalog list)
Buddhist Deity: Jnana Dakini Main Page
Buddhist Deity: Deities (Female)
Painting Set: Sadhanamala (and other collections)
Collection: Christie's, Painting (October, 2005; Amsterdam)
Buddhist Deity: Jnana Dakini (Masterworks)
Subject: Female Deities (Meditational & Protection, Buddhist)
Subject: Female Deities by Hierarchy