Naro Dakini
Copper alloy
Naro Dakini
CHINA, Tibet
Naro Dakini is a deity in Vajrayana Buddhism as visualized by the Indian scholar Naropa. The figure is depicted with a third eye set vertically on the forehead. The body is adorned with large earrings, jewelry, and a garland of heads. The left hand raises a skull cup from which the figure drinks while the right hand brandishes a flaying knife. The figure stands in the warrior stance while trampling on demons. A hollow mandorla rimmed with flames is behind the figure. A dharani in Sanskrit is visible along the sides of the pedestal. The sculpture may be Indian or was cast in Tibet with the help of an Indian artisan.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 760.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Naro Dakini." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 760.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Naro Dakini" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:760.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Naro Dakini. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 760).
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