Buddhist Protector Panjaratna (Nagmo Nujin) Artist: Unknown

1900–1950

Asian Art

Not on view

Wearing a diadem with skulls, Drogdze, whose name means “powerful friend,” holds a mirror in one hand and a bleeding heart in a skull cup in the other. She is one of several protectors in Tibetan Buddhism that are not widely worshipped but remain affiliated with a specific lineage or practice. She guards treasures—often records of earlier teachings—and is associated with the Nyingma tradition.

Medium

Ground mineral pigment on cotton

Dimensions

Further research needed

Credit Line

Gift of Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck in memory of Viola and William B. Arvine

Accession Number

1988.76.13

Geography

Tibet, China

Culture

Tibetan

Period

20th century

Classification

Paintings

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Provenance
Alice N. Heeramaneck (née Arvine, 1910–1993) and Nasli Heeramaneck (1902–1971), New York; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1988
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works)

Subject

Buddhist

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