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Tibetan Name: Kye Dorje Materials: Lost Wax Method, Gold Plated Copper, Made in Nepal Height: 13 inches Width: 9 inches Depth: 4 1/2 inches Weight: 8 pounds Click here to view more images of the Gold Plated Hevajra Statue Lithely dancing at the center of his sacred realm, Hevajra clasps his dakini consort in a close embrace. This beautiful gold plated Newari sculpture of Hevajra has five faces and sixteen arms. His hair is bristling upwards while being completely surrounded by flames of pristine awareness. In his eight right hands he holds eight skull cups each containing an animal: an elephant, a horse, a donkey, an ox, a camel, a man, a tiger and a cat. In his eight left hands he also holds eight skull cups with the eight deities of the cardinal directions namely, Prithvi, Varuna, Vayu, Agni, Chandra, Yama and Kubera. His two front hands are crossed and embracing his consort Nairatmya Devi. Hevajra is trampling four corpses, representing the four Maras, portrayed by Brahma, Vishnu, Maheshvara and Sakra. He wears a garland of fifty skulls, the embodiment of the fifty letters of the alphabet representing his purity of speech. He has a crown of five skulls. Nairatmya has two arms encircling his consort Hevajra, her two hands hold a curved knife and a skullcup, she dances on her left leg while her right leg is wrapped around Hevajra's waist in sexual union. His head is topped by a figure of Buddha Akshobhya since Hevajra is an emanation of Buddha Akshobhya. Hevajra is a popular deity in Tibet, where he belongs to the yi-dam (tutelary, or guardian, deity) class. His worship is the subject of the Hevajra Tantra, a scripture that helped bring about the conversion of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan (1215–94). He is one of the more common yet complex deities depicted in Buddhist art! Please email or call us, toll free, with any questions or comments 1(888)DHARMA-4, info@dharmasculpture.com |
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