Big wheel holds a Thangka of Vajra

[Big wheel holding Vajra Thangka]

Big wheel holding Vajra Thangka, 18th century, Tibet, cloth, color, 138 cm high, 83 cm wide, 68 cm vertical and 46.5 cm horizontal. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The big wheel holding vajra, also known as the big wheel vajra hand, is the manifestation of the anger of Vajrasattva, which is often regarded by the Tibetan secret sects as the Buddha to practice. This is a blue figure with three sides and six arms, and tusks holding snakes. The main face is blue and black, the same color as the body, white on the right and red on the left, with three eyes wide open on each side, and a terrible angry face. The hair is vertical, and the neutral blue Vajrayana Bodhisattva. The master embraced the princess with both hands, held the vajra pestle in the upper right hand, tied the seal in the upper left hand, and held the snake in the lower two hands. He stepped the head and tail of the snake under his feet, wore a silk belt, wore a tiger skin skirt around his waist, and wrapped the snake around his arms, wrists, ankles and waist. Stand on the right side and step down on the white Brahma and the red Emperor Shitian, with the flame behind. Concubine Ming is happy and happy. Her body is light blue. She has two arms on one side. She holds an axe in her right hand and a bloody skull in her left hand. On the picture, the Buddha is painted in the middle of the square. On the left is the great achiever Zawariba, and on the right is the master Xirao Sangha. There are three places in the world. The Lord of Yaksha is the King of Heaven, who is in the middle. The left is painted with the King of Treasures, the White Bulu Vajra, and the right is the Dharma Protector of the Demon Subduing Sisters. The other is painted with the dragon hovering in the clouds on the upper right of the Lord, and the lower left is painted with the dragon kings appearing from the water and offering offerings next to the lotus seat, which shows that the Great Wheel Vajra hand is attuned to the dragon family
There is a white silk label on the back of the Thangka, which is inscribed in four characters of Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan on the ink. The Chinese text is: “On December 24, the Emperor ordered Zhang Jiahu to recognize the large wheel of the statue of offering benefits and holding Vajra…”.

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