Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Manjushri (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity)

འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས། 文殊师利菩萨
(item no. 89179)
Origin Location Bhutan
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Drukpa (Kagyu, Bhutan) and Buddhist
Size 97x68cm (38.19x26.77in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Publication: Tibetan Painting, The Jucker Collection
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Shri Heruka Manjuvajra and the consort Nairatmya.

Video: Heruka Manjuvajra

Manjuvajra is a semi-wrathful, red manifestation, of Manjushri embracing the consort Nairatmya. He has eight faces, sixteen arms and four legs pressing down on the four maras appearing as Brahma, Indra, Vishnu and Shiva. This iconography appears to be based on the model of Shri Hevajra.

Jeff Watt [Updated 10-2024]


dpal 'brug pa'i lugs dbang chog 'dod rgu'i bang mdzod, fol.27-28 [TBRC vol. number 4161, work number 19223]. Various authors such as 9th Je Khenpo Shakya Rinchen (1710-1759). Compiled by Lobpon Yontan Od (b. 1927). There are 23 different forms of Manjushri sequentially listed in the text.

Tibetan Paintings by Hugo E. Kreijger (list of image plates)


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