Item: Mahottara Heruka (Buddhist Deity) - (3 Faces)

Tibetan: ཆེ་མཆོག་ཧེ་རུ་ཀ། Chinese: 嘿噜嘎 (八大法)

(item no. 90561)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Nyingma
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Shri Vishuddha Heruka.: from the set of 'Eight Entrustments' of Mahayoga Tantra of the Nyingma tradition.

Wrathful in appearance with three faces and six hands, he embraces the consort with the first pair. Large wings are unfurled behind and orange and red flames of pristine awareness spread outward in a circle. Attendant figures with various types of faces surround the central deity.

Jeff Watt 5-2000