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Cakrasamvara and Consort
NEPAL; Dated 1718; Color on cloth; 64.5 x 50.5 cm; Museum of Asian Art, Berlin, Germany |
| Cakrasamvara and his consort Vajravarahi are shown standing side by side rather than in the typical embrace. The black Cakrasamvara has four heads and twelve arms. He wears a skull crown and a long garland of skulls. Two of his hands are in front of his chest holding a vajra and a bell while forming the vajrahumkara (embracing wisdom) mudra. The two top hands hold up an elephant hide that hangs down behind the body. The four right hands hold a drum, a vajra, an axe, and a trident, while the left hands hold a tantric staff, a skull cup, a noose, and severed heads. On the left, Vajravarahi stands on a prone figure and appears to be dancing. She has red skin, wears a golden crown and jewelry, and has a third eye in the middle of her forehead. Her right hand holds a vajra and the left hand grasps a skull cup. A tantric staff is tucked in the crook of her left arm. Apsaras float on clouds above the central figures. The Five Dhyani Buddhas sit in a row at the top of the painting. In the lower register, the wrathful Mahakala is flanked by a monk performing a fire ritual and five kneeling donors. |
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