Original Hand-Painted Akash Yogini /Jogini Oil-Varnished Tibetan Compassion Mediation Thangka / Thanka Painting Tantra Art From Nepal

This is an original hand-painted master-quality Akash Yogini Tibetan Thangka Painting. Vidyadhari, the Knowledge Holder, manifests as one of the four principal aspects of Vajrayogini in the Newar Buddhist tradition. She is commonly known in this tradition as Bijeshwori Devi or Akash Yogini, the Sky or space-going aspect of the goddess Vajrayogini. The Bijeshwori temple in Kathmandu is situated above the western bank of the Bishnumati River on the road to Swyambhu.

The presiding goddess of the temple is associated with the Indian Mahasiddha Maitripa, who practiced and realized this flying aspect of Vajrayogini. Therefore, she is also known as Maitri-Dakini or Maitri-Khechari. The artist used watercolors on cotton canvas and applied natural colors before covering the painting with oil varnish. The oil varnish protects the artwork against deterioration while giving it luster and depth.

Akash Yogini is depicted in a flying posture with her right leg bent backward and her left leg stretched upward. She has a red-colored body that shines brilliance like a fire at the end of an eon, symbolizing the blazing of her inner fire, which destroys all delusion. Like Vajrayogini, she also has three eyes, symbolizing her ability to see everything in the past, present, and future. She looks up toward the Pure Land of the Dakinis, indicating that she leads her followers to high attainments, including great bliss.

Her right hand, outstretched and pointing downwards, holds a curved knife known as Kartika, marked with a Vajra on top, representing her power to cut the continuum of the delusions and obstacles of all living beings. Her left hand, held aloft, contains a skull cup filled with blood, which symbolizes her experience of the clear light of bliss and her victory over death.

Her left shoulder supports a Khatanga marked with a Vajra, indicating that she has never been separated from her consort, Heruka. She is in the prime of her youth, and her beautiful hair hangs freely down her back, symbolizing that she is accessible from the constraints of self-grasping. Her headdress is adorned with five human skulls representing Akash Yogini’s purified aggregates. Her long necklace of fifty human skulls symbolizes her purified inner winds. She stands in the center of a blazing fire of holy wisdom and is supported by a lotus, symbolizing the complete purity of her body, speech, and mind.

Size of Painting : 18-inch x 24-inch (46 cm x 61 cm)
Material: Handmade Cotton Canvas
Color: Stone/poster/water/gold
Quality: High

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