Vajrakila (Eight Pronouncements)
(item no. 90905)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Nyingma Lineage

Ground: Textile Image

   (Applique)

Collection of Carolyn and Wesley Halpert


 


Vajrakila (Tibetan: dor je pur ba. English: the Vajra Peg): from the Eight Entrustments of the Mahayoga Tantra class of the Nyingma School.

Sanskrit: Vajrakila

Wrathful, dark blue in colour, with three faces, he has three eyes on each face and a wide gaping mouth. The main pair of hands raised to the heart roll a peg between the palms and embrace the consort Diptachakra. The two right hands hold gold vajras and the upper left performs a wrathful gesture and the lower holds a trident. Both are attired in wrathful vestments, animal and human skins, standing atop the prone forms of Ishvara and Uma.

Jeff Watt 4-2000


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Thematic Set
Collection of Caroline & Wesley Halpert
Tradition: Nyingma Deity Paintings
Buddhist Deity: Vajrakila (Kagye)
Textile: Applique Artwork
Buddhist Deity: Eight Pronouncement Heruka
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part II



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Photographed Image Copyright © 2004 Carolyn and Wesley Halpert