Great holding of Vajra Thangka

[Great Vajra Thangka]

Great Vajra Thangka, Tibet, 17th century, cloth color, 120 cm in length, 64 cm in width, 60 cm in vertical and 42 cm in horizontal. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The Great Holding Vajra is honored as the ancestor of the Eight Noble Secrets. It is said that he is the main listener and aggregator of the secret law of Buddha, so that the secret law can be spread to the world. In the painting, the Great Vajra, with a bodhisattva crown on his head and a bell and pestle in both hands, intersects with the Vajra Humka seal and sits on the lotus platform held by auspicious clouds. Surrounded by him are 29 of India’s eighty-four achievers. From the top left, they are: 1 lotus vajra with fruit in common clothes, 2 the unappealing of ascetic Maitreya in person, 3 the fish eater Ruiba, 4 (royal family) master lighting lamp, 5 the cold forest shoemaker Karmapa, 6 the air travel economic writer Busucuba, 7 the Brahman blacksmith Salha, 8 the Qingpuba with samini flying, 9 the plank blue expert Niraba, 10 the holy heaven of lotus incarnation, 11 Haisheng Varja, who lives with the lotus, 12 Fallupo, who blocks the river and sets the day, 13 Zhebagala, who blocks the mouth of the Raksha, 14 Sendiba, the lion butcher, 15 Naranda, who carries the sword, 16 Dong Biheiruga, who rides the tiger over the snowy mountains, 17 Great Vajra, 18 Minarer Picchu, the fisherman, 19 GuGuGuriba, a base species with the Ming concubine, 20 Black Vajra, 21 except Zhenxujian, the god of the dark sky, and 22 Da Sariba, the master of the Tantra, 23 Departing from reincarnation… Zhonggaruba, 24 Buddha’s wisdom in bhikkhu, 25 attached Naruba, 26 Indra Bodhi, the royal family with his wife, 27 Vajra Bell Venerable with his wife, 28 Sangeba with a bottle of dirt, 29 Brahman Ananda, 29 Brahman Yuexian, 30 Yoga.