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Many iconographic forms are very similar in appearance to each other. Because of this similarity there is often confusion over identifications of both deity and human figures. The list below is a general survey of the most commonly confused figurative subjects in Himalayan and Tibetan art. Links and pages for all of the entries below will be added over the next few weeks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confused Visual Subjects:

- Amitayus, Avalokiteshvara

- Avalokiteshvara with 11 Faces, Kunzang Gyalwa Gyatso, Kunzang Gyalwa Dupa

- Brahmarupa Mahakala, Mahasiddhas

- Chakrasamvara, Shri Hevajra, Mahamaya, Buddhakapala, etc.

- Dorje Shugden, Dorje, Legpa, Dorje Ta'og

- Karmapa black hat, Jamchen Choje Shakya Yeshe black hat

- Krishna Yamari, Yama Dharmaraja (outer)

- Magyu Sangchog Tartug, Shri Hevajra & Chakrasamvara

- Mahakala subjects: Gonpo Maning, Gonpo, Legden, Gonpo Chesum

- Nagarjuna, Shakyamuni Buddha, Nagaraja Buddha, Arhat Rahula, Sakya Pandita

- Padmasambhava, Yungdrung Tongdrol, (misc. Nyingma teachers)

- Sage of Long Life, Arhats

- Sakya Pandita, Buton, Tsongkapa, Ngorchen, Bodongpa, Gongkar Dorjeden

- Sarasvati, Indra (Wheel of Life paintings)

- Shamar hat, Gyaltsab hat, Situ hat, (hats of misc. Nyingma teachers)

- Tsangnyon Heruka, Mahasiddhas

- Tsiu Marpo, Dorje Setrab, Dragpa Sengge

- Vajrabhairava, Mahottara, Vishvarupa

- Vajrapani, Vajravidarana, Sengge Dradog, Kartaridhara, Yama Dharmaraja (inner)

- Vajrasattva (Heruka), Vajradhara, Vajradharma, Vajrapani