Item: Chart - Yantra Diagram

Tibetan: རེའུ་མིག། བྲིས་ཐང་སྣ་ཚོགས། Chinese: 表格（绘画种类）

(item no. 77968)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1960 -
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Paper
Collection	Private

Classification: Object/Concept

Interpretation / Description

Scorpion Talisman (Yantra) for protection against planetary and astrological misfortune caused by the Indian demi-god (asura) Rahula. Misfortunes associated with Rahula are paralysis, stroke and epilepsy. The image is of a paper impression made from a wood block carving and black ink.

Jeff Watt 4-2007