
Ritual Object: Vajra & Bell Main Page - Himalayan Art
Types of Vajra Scepters & General Symbolism: The nine pronged configuration is the vajra most commonly used by the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhism. The five …
Visionary Art by Vajra
Vajra is a self-taught visionary artist, magician, philosopher and freelance contractor for consciousness. He has been making art his entire life and in 2008 started painting visionary …
Vajra | Indonesia, Java - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Symbolizing the energy associated with enlightenment, the vajra is often described as a bolt of lightning with the indestructible, luminescent quality of a diamond. Vajras like these examples …
Gokoshima (Five-Pronged Vajra) - Brooklyn Museum
A stylized representation of a lightning bolt, called a vajra, has long been an important emblem of power in Buddhist teachings and art. Vajras usually look like two-sided tridents, with prongs on …
Vajra - Wikipedia
The Vajra (Sanskrit: वज्र, lit. 'Thunderbolt', IAST: Vajra) is a legendary and ritualistic tool, symbolizing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force). …
Ritual Object: Vajra & Bell - Shapes, Design & Decoration - Himalayan Art
Early vajra scepters represented in Indian, Swat and Kashmiri art prior to the 10th and 11th centuries are relatively plain and unadorned. They do not all have the pronounced five prong …
Vajrasattva | Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art
Vajrasattva is both a highly accomplished bodhisattva and a primordial buddha who is often invoked to purify the errors made during ritual and other religious practices. His name means …
Vajra | The Walters Art Museum
Oct 31, 1976 · The "vajra"—a type of multipronged, double-ended scepter—is one of the most common implements of Tibetan Buddhist ritual, and the worn details of this one attest to its …
Vajra | Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art
A vajra is a ritual scepter used in tantric practices and an attribute of tantric masters and deities. It generally symbolizes method, the male aspect of enlightenment. Art 77
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