Khara Khoto: Hevajra
Ink and color on silk
Khara Khoto: Hevajra
CHINA, Inner Mongolia, Alxa; Western Xia period
This image was painted in the 12th or 13th century. Hevajra’s body is blue, and atop the head is a skull crown with a seated Buddha image. The left hand holds a skull cup in front of the chest, and the right hand raises a knife. A tantric staff rests in the crook of the left elbow, and a garland of human heads hangs around the neck. Hevajra stands in a dancing posture within a large red mandorla decorated with flame patterns. The left foot is raised and his right foot is placed on the yellow body of a man who lies on his back with his head lifted and both knees bent.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 422.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Khara Khoto: Hevajra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 422.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Khara Khoto: Hevajra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:422.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Khara Khoto: Hevajra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 422).
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