Vasya Vajravarahi: nu te zien — Victoria and Albert Museum

Vasya Vajravarahi ('Diamond Sow') represents wisdom and emptiness. Her symbol, the boar's head emerging from her skull, represents the delusion of ignorance that must be overcome in tantric practice. Her name itself signifies the Varahi or female aspect of the boar manifestation of Visnu, Varaha, of Vajrayana Buddhism. She is a form of dakini, goddesses who 'walk in the sky', and ultimately represents inner space. Such figures appear to inspire, instruct and initiate human practitioners.

Vasya Vajravarahi

Over de sculptuur

Gegevens

In dezelfde zaal · The Himalayas and South-East Asia, Room 47a, Victoria and Albert Museum

Over hetzelfde thema · Buddhist

Ja, het ontvangt bezoek

Wat het toont

In de catalogus

Bronnen

Tangka, ca. 1980

Cloth painting, about 1450

The Buddha Preaching, 900-1200

Visnu, 800-1000

Buddha Sakyamuni, 9th century-10th century

Drawing, ca. 13th century

Sculpture, 6th century-7th century

Sword Fitting, 12th century

Relief, 4th century

Sculpture, 4th century -5th Century

Relief panel, 2nd century- to 5th Century

Relief panel, 1st century

Buddha Sakyamuni Preaching, 7th- 8th century

Crowned Buddha Shakyamuni, 12th Century

Mahakala, 1650-1800

Three Heads (fragment of a wall painting), ca. 6th century