Shri Devi (protector) - Magzor Gyalmo
(item no. 90542)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Uncertain Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art


 


Magzor Gyalmo, Shri Devi (English: Queen of the Weapon Army, Glorious Goddess), the younger sister of Mahakali Shri Devi (Tibetan: pal den lha mo) and the wrathful emanation of Sarasvati, principal protector of the Dalai Lamas.

Tibetan: Magzor Gyalmo

Wrathful in appearance with one face and two hands the right holds upraised a wooden stick. The left hand placed at the heart holds a white skullcup brimming with blood. Hovering above the head is a canopy of peacock feathers. She sits atop a light brown mule above a lake of blood. At the bottom left is a makara faced attendant and at the right a lion-faced attendant.

Jeff Watt 5-2000


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Thematic Set
Buddhist Protectors: Enlightened
Collection of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Buddhist Protector: Shri Devi (All Images)
Buddhist Protectors: Enlightened (Female)
Buddhist Protector: Shri Devi, Magzor Gyalmo
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part II



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