Mahakala, Protector of the Tent
Autor:
Neznámý
Shortlink:
Zdroj:
Formát:
3028 x 3592 Pixel (16298408 Bytes)
Popis:
Mahakala, Protector of the Tent, Central Tibet. Distemper on cloth, 64 x 53 in. (162.6 x 134.6 cm). Mahakala is one of the most popular guardians in the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon. Here he tramples a corpse while wielding a flaying knife and a blood-filled skull cup, signifying the destruction of impediments to enlightenment. In the crooks of his elbows he supports a gandi gong, a symbol of his vow to protect the community of monks (sangha). His principal companions, Palden Remati and Palden Lhamo, appear to his left, and Legden Nagpo and Bhutadamara are at his right. At lower left is Brahmarupa blowing a thighbone trumpet. He is especially revered by the Sakya order, which commissioned this work. This tangka, one of the earliest and grandest of this subject, can be related to murals preserved in the fifteenth-century Kumbum at Gyantse monastery, central Tibet, likely painted under Newari direction.
Licence:
Public domain
Sdílet obrázek:
Relevantní obrázky
Relevantní články
DharmapálaDharmapála je typ hněvivého božstva ve vadžrajánovém buddhismu. Slovo je složeno ze sanskrtských slov dharma a pála. Do češtiny by se tak pojem dharmapála dal přeložit jako „ochránce dharmy“. Dharmapálové chrání nejen dharmu, ale ostatní buddhisty, kteří následuji svoji stezkou. .. pokračovat ve čtení