Item: Mandala of Vairochana Buddha - Sarvavid (Sarvadurgati Tantra)

Tibetan: ཀུན་རིག་རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད། Chinese: 普明大日如来（佛教本尊）

(item no. 90536)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1400 - 1499
Lineages	Sakya and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Sarvavid Vairochana Mandala (Tibetan: kun rig, nam par nang dze kyil khor. English: the mandala of Vairochana of All Families) from the Parishodhana Tantra. (See Sarvadurgati Main Page).

Along the top are the Indian and Tibetan lineage teachers. At the four corners are four additional mandalas from the full set of eleven. At the bottom are offering goddesses, a small mandala and the two wrathful Dharma protectors Mahakala and Shri Devi.

Jeff Watt 5-2000