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The Miniature Paintings of Mongolian Buddhism:
Tsaklis, Thangkas and Burhany Zurags

by Stevan Davies
Professor of Religious Studies, Misericordia University

Khram Shing (Mongolian)
Mongolian
33 x 4.5 cm
Painted on Paper
20th Century

These magic stakes are used in magic to pin down and destroy demons. Each category of demon has a particular stake. Note the Buddhist symbolism of crossed vajra handled flaming swords on the stake to the left, and the central vajra empowering the stake to the right.


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