 PALDEN LHAMO is the fierce protectress of Tibet and the Dalai Lama. She rides a mule and sits on a tiger skin. She holds a sword to cut through ignorance and carries a skull bowl filled with blood. Tibet , 19th CE. Bronze, British Museum |
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 PRAJNAPARAMITA is the red multi-armed wisdom goddess of Nepal. Crowned and seated on her lotus throne, she initiates humans with wisdom. Nepal, 16th CE, Painted Wood |
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>TARA is the compassionate Great Mother of Buddhism and the Himalayn kingdoms of Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibet. Contemporary woodcut. |
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>VajravarahiDiamond Sow of the Knife, is a dancing yogini. She raises her right arm with a vajra thunderbolt knife to cut through ignorance. Tibet,, 13th CE. Bronze, McCormick Collection |
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>VASUDHARAis the goddess of abundance. Sitting on her lotus throne she holds her gifts in her multiple arms. Nepal, 1086 CE, Smithsonian Museum |
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