Ghantapa Tradition of Chakrasamvara - Added

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Tibet

1300 - 1399

Sakya and Buddhist Lineages

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Chakrasamvara (Tibetan: khor lo dem chog. English: the Wheel of Bliss): the principal tantra of the Anuttarayoga Wisdom (mother) classification within the Buddhist Vajrayana tradition. Chakrasamvara is commonly depicted with four faces and twelve arms, however he can have a number of different forms ranging from the complex to the very simple with one face and two hands.

Reading the Painting: The composition of the painting has an established hierarchy based on the identity of the subject along with the size and arrangement of images in the composition. The painting is meant to be read from inside out and largest to smallest, top and bottom. The subject images in order of importance are: [1] Chakrasamvara and Vajrayogini, [2] the Four Dakinis, [3] the Eight Great Charnal Grounds, [5] Indra Khechari and Naro Khechari, [6] the top register, and finally [6] the bottom register.

The top register also contains four alternate forms of Chakrasamvara along with a number of unrelated but important meditational deities, Hevajra, Kalachakra, etc. The bottom register on the other hand contains many of the essential minor retinue deities belonging to the Chakrasamvara cycle of practice and mandala.

Deity Description: Chakrasamvara has four faces and twelve arms, blue in colour, and standing on two legs. He embraces with the first pair of arms the female consort Vajrayogini. She has one face and two hands, red in colour, and wraps both legs around the male figure.

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