Thangka Description
Material: Hand painted in Nepal on cotton canvas with silken brocade
Painting L x H: 10.5 x 17 inches
Scroll L x H: 22 inches @ widest x 33 inches
Ships from our California gallery
- Vajrasattva embodies the capacity to eliminate spiritual impurities of all kinds
- In Tibetan Buddhism Vajrasattva is associated with the sambhogakāya and purification practice
- Vajrasattva holds a bell on his left hand and Vajra on the right, also symbolizing the union of wisdom and compassion
- Shown with his shakti consort he is seated in Yab-Yum (father-mother) union
- Yab-yum is a common symbol in the Tibetan Buddhist art of India, Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibet, whereby the primary diety is shown seated with a consort, representing the primordial union of wisdom and compassion
- His shakti consort holds a carved knife on right hand and a ritual offering skull cup in her left hand
- Beautiful hand painted image form our Nepal collection
- Ships from our California Showroom