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Yama (Buddhist deity)

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  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.
  • Yama, Buddhist god of death, with the head of a buffalo bedecked with skulls and flames, stands on a bull crushing a man lying on his back. Distemper painting.
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.
  • The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
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    The trial of soul after death in the court of Yama. Chromolithograph.

    | Reference: 26690i
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    Yama, Buddhist god of death, with the head of a buffalo bedecked with skulls and flames, stands on a bull crushing a man lying on his back. Distemper painting.

    | Reference: 45160i
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    Attributes of Yama Dharmarāja (Yama Dam-can Chos-kyi rGyal-po) in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

    | Reference: 47063i
    Part of: Fifteen banners from a Tibetan Protector chapel.
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    Page 6: court of Yama, judgement and punishment. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 26976i
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    Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.

    | Reference: 45161i
All works (10)

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