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

by Stevan Davies
Professor of Religious Studies, Misericordia University

Yama (Sanscrit) / Choijoo (Mongolian)
Mongolian
6 x 5.5 cm
Painted on Cloth
Mid-19th To Early 20th Century

Yama stands upon a bull, holding a skull-spinal-cord club in one hand, a lasso in the other. His consort Chamundi stands beside him reaching toward him.


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