Art

A detailed painting showing multiple deities, with a central seated figure and consort above and a fierce multi-armed deity and consort dancing within a ring of flames below. Other smaller deities in various poses are arranged around the three largest deities. A landscape with small human and nonhuman figures appears at the bottom.
Ratnasambhava, Ratna Heruka, and Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo
Tibet, 18th century
Four-Armed Mahakala
Tibet, 18th century
Vajrapani
Tibet, 18th century
Vajrapani
Karnali Basin, Northwestern Nepal, 13th-14th century
Mandala of Vajrabhairava
Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang region, central Tibet, ca. 1515-1535
Tiger Riding Mahakala
Central Tibet, Early 19th century
Takla Membar
Tibet, 19th century
Senge Dradok, one of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Protector Begtse Chen
Mongolia, late 18th - early 19th century
Mold for Clay Image (tsatsa) of Vajrapani
Himalayan Region, ca. 19th century
Makzor Gyelmo, Queen Who Repels Armies
Tibet or Mongolia, 19th century
Mahachakra Vajrapani
China, 15th century
Hayagriva
Tibet or Mongolia, 18th century
Guru Drakpo, a Wrathful Form of Padmasambhava
Tibet, 20th century
Dorje Drolo, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Tibet or Bhutan, 19th century
Dorje Drolo, One of Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Kham region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

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