ABS 307
Code: ABS 307
Country: India (north-east)
Style: Late Pala Style
Date: 1100 - 1200
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 6.6 x 9.1 x 5
Materials: Brass
Vajra Tara with eight arms
Vajra Tara sits in the diamond attitude (vajraparyankasana) on a double lotus throne. She has four faces and eight arms. Some of the attributes she is holding are those of a wrathful deity, others those of a peaceful deity.In her right hands she holds from bottom to top: the conch shell, (the second hand would hold an arrow if it were not broken off), the third hand holds a noose, and at the top the broken-off hand would hold a vajra.
With her lower left hand she forms the threatening gesture (tarjani mudra), with the second hand she holds a goad, with the third a bow and in the uppermost the stem of a lily (utpala), the flower of the night.
Vajra Tara is a form of the Yellow Tara. The Yellow Tara in turn is one of the 21 manifestations of boddhisattvi Tara, who, according to tradition, vowed to manifest herself in a female body until all beings will be liberated from samsara. Each of the 21 manifestations has a different appearance and function. Vajra Tara is mainly invoked for protection through active warding off of evil.
Tara is one with her mantra: OM TA RE TU TARE TURE SOHA. Lay people can call upon her for help in times of need by simply uttering her name with devotion.
Vajra Tara sits in the diamond attitude (vajraparyankasana) on a double lotus throne. She has four faces and eight arms. Some of the attributes she is holding are those of a wrathful deity, others those of a peaceful deity.In her right hands she holds from bottom to top: the conch shell, (the second hand would hold an arrow if it were not broken off), the third hand holds a noose, and at the top the broken-off hand would hold a vajra.
With her lower left hand she forms the threatening gesture (tarjani mudra), with the second hand she holds a goad, with the third a bow and in the uppermost the stem of a lily (utpala), the flower of the night.
Vajra Tara is a form of the Yellow Tara. The Yellow Tara in turn is one of the 21 manifestations of boddhisattvi Tara, who, according to tradition, vowed to manifest herself in a female body until all beings will be liberated from samsara. Each of the 21 manifestations has a different appearance and function. Vajra Tara is mainly invoked for protection through active warding off of evil.
Tara is one with her mantra: OM TA RE TU TARE TURE SOHA. Lay people can call upon her for help in times of need by simply uttering her name with devotion.