Item: Mandala of Pancha Raksha (Buddhist Deity)

Tibetan: སྲུང་མ་རྣམ་ལྔ་། ནང་ལྷ། Chinese: 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

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)