The big wheel holds the Thangka of Vajra Bodhisattva

[Big wheel holding Vajra Bodhisattva Thangka]

Big wheel holding Vajra Bodhisattva Thangka, 18th century, Tibet, cloth, color, 127 cm high, 76 cm wide, 66 cm vertical and 44 cm horizontal. The old collection of the Qing Palace
This is one of the hand-held Vajra Bodhisattva Thangka combinations. The holding Vajra Bodhisattva, also known as Vajra Hand, is said to be the secret incarnation of Sakyamuni Buddha. There are nine kinds of transfiguration, which are the honorable shape of the Buddha when he preaches the secret law, so it is also called the secret master. In general, there are two types of holding Vajra Bodhisattva: silence and anger. As a symbol of subjugation, anger is the most common image in the later stage. The holding of Vajra shows many aspects due to the different inheritance of the scriptures. This Thangka is painted with the main statue of the Great Wheel Vajra Hand, which is one of the most important aspects of holding Vajra Bodhisattva. With a blue body, three sides and six arms, and a snake in his mouth, he hugged the princess and stood on the lotus platform, leaning back against the flame, which was very powerful. The upper left part of the painting is painted with Guru Yongdun, the upper right part is the Immovable Buddha, and the lower middle part is painted with the Dharmapala, the auspicious Heavenly Goddess and the Kabala bowl
On the back of the Thangka, there is a white silk label, which is inscribed in four characters of Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan in ink. The Chinese text is: “On the seventh day of August, the forty-fifth year of Qianlong’s reign, the Panchen Erdeni entered the Danshuk to worship the benefit portrait and held the Vajra Bodhisattva…”.

大轮手持金刚菩萨唐卡背面白绫签