Akash Yogini Thangka Painting, Hand-Painted Tibetan Tantra Art

This is an original hand-painted masterpiece of Akash Yogini, a Tibetan Thangka painting. Vidyadhari, the Knowledge Holder, is one of the four principal aspects of Vajrayogini in the Newar Buddhist tradition. In this tradition, she is known as Bijeshwori Devi or Akash Yogini, which refers to the sky or space-going aspect of the goddess Vajrayogini. The Bijeshwori temple in Kathmandu is situated above the western bank of the Bishnumati River on the road to Swyambhu. Its Newar name is derived from Vidhyeshvari, meaning the Wisdom Goddess. The presiding goddess of the temple is associated explicitly with the Indian Mahasiddha Maitripa, who practiced and attained the realization of this flying aspect of Vajrayogini, so she is also known as Maitri-Dakini or Maitri-Khechari.

Akash Yogini is depicted the same way as Vajrayogini, except in a flying posture with her right leg bent backward, and left leg stretched upward. She has a red-colored body that shines brilliance like a fire at the end of an eon, symbolizing the blazing of her inner fire, which destroys all delusion. Like Vajrayogini, she also has three eyes, symbolizing her ability to see everything in the past, present, and future. She looks up toward the Pure Land of the Dakinis, indicating that she leads her followers to high attainments, including great bliss.

Her right hand, outstretched and pointing downwards, holds a curved knife known as Kartika, marked with a Vajra on top, representing her power to cut the continuum of the delusions and obstacles of all living beings. Her left hand, held aloft, contains a skull cup filled with blood, which symbolizes her experience of the clear light of bliss and her victory over death. Her left shoulder supports a Khatanga marked with a Vajra, indicating that she is never separated from her consort, Heruka. She is in the prime of her youth, and her beautiful hair hangs freely down her back, symbolizing that she is accessible from the fetters of self-grasping.

Her headdress is adorned with five human skulls, representing Akash Yogini’s purified aggregates. Her long necklace of fifty skulls symbolizes her purified inner winds. She stands in the center of a blazing fire of exalted wisdom, supported by a lotus, symbolizing the complete purity of her body, speech, and mind.

Size of Painting : 19-inch x 27-inch (48 cm x 68 cm)
Material: Handmade Cotton Canvas
Color: Gold/Natural Pigments
Quality: High

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- Lighting and screen resolution may cause slight color variations.
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