Marichi
(item no. 90016)

Central Tibet

1600 - 1699

Karma (Kagyu) Lineage

57.79x43.82cm (22.75x17.25in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Silk

Collection of Navin Kumar


 


Marichi, Kalpoktam (Tibetan: o zer chen ma, English: the One Having Light Rays), Goddess of the Dawn.

Peaceful in appearance, yellow in colour, with three faces and eight hands. Seated atop a large mother sow, the left leg extended rests on the back of several sleeping piglets. The red orb of the morning sun encircles behind crowned with the upper spire of a stupa.

"She who holds the night, and by merely remembering quickly protects from all fears and bestows the stainless great bliss. To the goddess Marichi I bow." (Sakya liturgical verse).

Jeff Watt 4-2000


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Thematic Set
Collection of Navin Kumar
Tradition: Kagyu Deity Paintings
Buddhist Deity: Deities (Female)
Buddhist Deity: Marichi (Goddess of the Dawn)
1600 - 1699 (17th Century)
Painting Style: Central Tibetan
Artist: Choying Dorje & Works of Art



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Photographed Image Copyright © 2004 Navin Kumar