Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mandala of Pancha Raksha (Buddhist Deity)

སྲུང་མ་རྣམ་ལྔ་། ནང་ལྷ། 五部护法(佛教护法)
(item no. 89468)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1300 - 1399
Lineages Sakya and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Painting School Ngor
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Pancha Raksha Mandala: A set of forty-two mandalas, as described in the Vajravali Sanskrit text of Abhayakaragupta, commissioned in honour of Lama Dampa Sonam Gyaltsen.

Pratisara at the center is yellow in colour with four faces and twelve hands.

Jeff Watt [updated 12-2020]

Nor, Peintures du Monasterie de Nor (list of image plates)

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Buddhist Deity: Pancha Raksha Main Page
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Buddhist Deity: Pancha Raksha (Masterworks)
Buddhist Deity: Pancha Raksha (13 Deity Mandala)
Buddhist Deity: Pancha Raksha Iconography
Buddhist Deity: Pancha Raksha Religious Context
Painting Set: Vajravali (Lama Dampa Set)