Item: Mandala of Vairochana Buddha - Sarvavid (Sarvadurgati Tantra)
ཀུན་རིག་རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད།
普明大日如来（佛教本尊）
(item no. 87231)
| Origin Location | Central Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1500 - 1599 |
| Lineages | Sakya |
| Size | 77.50x71.80cm (30.51x28.27in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Catalogue # | acc.# 67.833, Gift of John Goelet |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Deity
Appearance: Peaceful
Gender: Male
Vairochana, Maha Sarvavid (Tibetan: kun rig nam par nang dze lha sum chu so dun kyil khor. English: The 37 Deity Mandala of all the Families of Great Vairochana), the central deity of the Sarvadurgati Parishodhana Tantra belonging to the Yoga classification of the four sets of Tantra.
Sanskrit: Vairochana
Tibetan: Nam par nang dze
Jeff Watt 4-2001
Mandala: Mandala Main Page
Buddhist Deity: Vairochana Iconography
Buddhist Deity: Vairochana Religious Context
Tradition: Sakya Deity Paintings
Buddhist Deity: Sarvavid Maha Vairochana
Subject: Tantra Text, Sarvadurgati Parishodhana
Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Mandala Paintings
Buddhist Deity: Vairochana, 毗卢遮那佛, རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད། (Painting Masterworks)
Buddhist Deity: Sarvadurgati Tantra Mandalas (Masterworks)
Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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