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Tara 17 Deity Mandala (Tibetan: drol ma chu dun kyil kor): comprising the Five Buddha Families and consorts, according t...
10/05/2026

Tara 17 Deity Mandala (Tibetan: drol ma chu dun kyil kor): comprising the Five Buddha Families and consorts, according to the tradition of Suryagupta (also known as Ravigupta). Tibetan, 15th century painting.

Video: Green Tara 17 Deity Mandala: HAR 779

In the central position, dark green in colour with one face and two hands, the meditational deity Tara gazes forward in a peaceful appearance. The right hand placed at the heart holds the stem of a lotus flower blossoming at her right shoulder supporting an upright curved knife with a vajra handle. The left hand holds to the heart a white skullcup. Both arms embrace the consort. Her long black hair is piled on the crown of the head with some hanging loose across the shoulders. Adorned with a tiara of gold and jewels, red ribbons, large earrings, bracelets and anklets, she embraces the consort Buddha Amoghasiddhi with the two arms and straddles his waist with the legs. Light green in colour with one face and two hands, he holds a variously coloured visvavajra in the left and a gold bell in the right. Adorned with a gold crown, earrings, necklaces, bracelets and a jewelled girdle, he is locked in a sexual embrace and passionate kiss; seated in vajra posture. Above a white moon disc and pink lotus blossom the couple sits in a sphere of red swirling light encircled by a gold ring adorned with pink lotus petals.

For the full write up, please see item number : 779 on the Himalayan Art Resources website.

Vajrasattva and Vajrapani in peaceful form can in certain circumstances be identical in appearance. The context and surr...
10/01/2026

Vajrasattva and Vajrapani in peaceful form can in certain circumstances be identical in appearance. The context and surrounding figures in painted compositions will generally inform as to the correct identity. With sculptural examples it can be impossible to know for sure the intended deity created by the artist. The same is true for sculptural representations of Heruka Vajrasattva and Vajradhara with consort. The two can appear identical although sometimes ornamentation such as bone ornaments might be an indication towards an identification of Heruka Vajrasattva.

Jeff Watt 9-2019

Image 1: 12th century, India (HAR item number : 8254)
Image 2: 11th century, India (HAR item number: 20382)
Image 3: 13th century (HAR item number : 35028)

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