This is an original hand-painted Simhamukha (lion-faced) Vajrayogini Thangka. Simhamukhi, Dakini (in Tibetan: Seng Ge Dong Chen Kha Dro Ma and in English: Lion Faced Dakini). With a body black in color, the face is that of a white lion, with three round yellow eyes, blazing fiercely with a gaping mouth, a yellow beard, eyebrows, and hair flowing upward. The right-hand holds upraised a curved knife called Kartika to the sky, and the left hand holds a skull cup of blood to the heart, carrying a Khatvanga staff tipped with a trident in the bend of the elbow supported against the shoulder. Adorned with a tiara of five skulls, a red scarf, elephant skin, bone ornaments, a long snake, and fifty freshly severed heads as a necklace, she wears a tiger skin skirt. Standing on the left leg with the right drawn up, trampling on a double triangle symbol, corpse, sun, and multi-colored lotus seat, Simhamukha in a mood of great fierceness dwells in the middle of a blazing fire of pristine awareness.

GESTURES AND ATTRIBUTES

Simhamukhi or Simhamukha Jogini appears in a wrathful form of feminine and demonic;  her form is said to be actually that of a Matrikia or Mamo, not because her nature is evil or demonic but because her wrathful aspect (khro gzugs) skillfully overcomes and subdues those violent negative energies. Simha Mukhi is a Jnana Dakini or wisdom goddess. According to Jigmed Lingpa (1726-1798), the famous Nyingmapa master and discoverer of hidden treasure texts or Termas, Simha Mukhi represents a Nirmanakaya manifestation, appearing in time and history. In contrast, her Sambhogakaya aspect is Vajravarahi and her Dharmakaya aspect is Samantabhadri, the Primordial Wisdom herself.

Size of the Painting: 15-inches x 20-inches (38 cm x 51 cm)

Material: Canvas 

Color: Water/ Natural Stone/ Gold

 This is a real painting, not a print.

-All our paintings are original hand- painting, written (painted) on handmade cotton canvas by expert artists.