Vajrasattva Yab-Yum Thangka Painting

Thangka Description

Material: Hand painted in Nepal on cotton canvas with silken brocade

Painting L x H: 10.5 x 17 inches

Scroll L x H: 22 inches @ widest x 33 inches

Ships from our California gallery

• Vajrasattva embodies the capacity to eliminate spiritual impurities of all kinds
• In Tibetan Buddhism Vajrasattva is associated with the sambhogakāya and purification practice
• Vajrasattva holds a bell on his left hand and Vajra on the right, also symbolizing the union of wisdom and compassion
• Shown with his shakti consort he is seated in Yab-Yum (father-mother) union
• Yab-yum is a common symbol in the Tibetan Buddhist art of India, Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibet, whereby the primary diety is shown seated with a consort, representing the primordial union of wisdom and compassion
• His shakti consort holds a carved knife on right hand and a ritual offering skull cup in her left hand
• Beautiful hand painted image form our Nepal collection
• Ships from our California Showroom