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3. Set of nine Kagyu paintings Tibet 13th -14th c. cotton each painting 11.3 x 9.7 cm, total 90cm long |
From left to right 1. ‘Holder of the Power-Vajra’. Tib: Chanadorjé - Phyag na rdo rje. Sanskrit: Vajrapāṇi. 2. ‘The Vajra-Sow’. Tibetan: Dorjé Phagmo - rDo rje phag mo. Sanskrit: Vajravārāhī. 3. ‘Six-Armed Great Black One’. Tibetan: Nagpo chenpo chagdrugpa –Nag po chen po phyag drug pa. Sanskrit: Ṣadbhūjamahākāla. 4. ‘Master of the Tantric Gathering’. Tibetan: Tsoki Dagpo – Tshogs kyi bdag po. Sanskrit: Gaṇapati. 5. ‘Holder of the Vajra’. Tibetan: Dorjé Chang – rDo rje ’chang. Sanskrit: Vajradhāra. 6. ‘He Whose Essence is the Vajra’. Tibetan: Dorjé Sempa – rDo rje sems dpa’. Sanskrit: Vajrasattva. 7. ‘Four-Armed Great Black One’. Tibetan: Nagpo chenpo chagzhipa. Nag po chen po phyag bzhi pa. Sanskrit: Chaturbhūjamahākāla. 8. ‘Boundless Light’. Tibetan: Ö pag mé. ’Od dpag med . Sanskrit: Amitābha. 9. ‘Yama – Lord Over Death’. Tibetan: Shinjé. gShin rje. Sanskrit: Yama. Detail: back |