Thanka Chakrasamvara

Description

Thanka Chakrasamvara

Handpainted canvas

Size: approx. 150 x 100 cm

Interior image size about 83 x 54 cm.

Weight: ca. 2000 gr.

Samvara or Chakrasamvara

He belongs to the highest yoga tantra. He is depicted with either two arms or twelve arms embracing Shakti Vajra.

Varahi, the mother of Hevajra, symbolizes the union of emptiness and bliss. Samvara is dark blue and wears a tiger-striped robe. He wears a belt around his waist and an elephant skin draped over his back. He wears bone ornaments, a skull diadem, and a necklace made of 51 freshly severed heads. Samvara’s face is yellow, blue, green, and red.

He possesses a vajra, a bell, a skull bowl, a noose, and the head of Brahma.

He is surrounded by a halo of flames. He stands on a sun disk and rests his foot on Bhairava and his consort. Vajravarahi is red and has two arms and a face. She carries a skull-shaped cup and a curved knife.

Additional information