The Newar artists of Nepal were the original inhabitants of the Kathmandu valley. Much of what is now recognized as "early Tibetan art" actually first arose there. Their unique artistic traditions have had an enormous influence on Tibetan art.
Vajrayogini appears here in her principal form as Naropa’s Dakini (Tib. Naro Khajoma). In the Newar Buddhist tradition Vajrayogini’s four main temples are located at sacred sites within the...
This painting depicts an emanation of Vajrayogini in her secret dakini aspect as Red Khechari, whose practice is associated with the great eleventh century Tibetan yogini...
This sepia painting of Green Tara was painted in 2005 by Devendra Man Sinkhwal and took five months to complete. Arya Tara, the ‘Saviouress’ and the goddess of mercy and...
This sepia painting of White Tara was painted in 2006 by Devendra Man Sinkhwal and is based upon his earlier masterpiece of Green Tara. Saptalocana, or...
This beautiful painting shows the wisdom goddess Sarasvati, who is associated with the arts of music, poetry, drama and speech. She is known in Tibetan as the ‘Goddess of...
This painting depicts an emanation of Vajrayogini in her secret dakini aspect as White Khechari, whose practice is associated with the great eleventh century Tibetan yogini...
This sepia print shows Shakyamuni Buddha amidst a gradated background of soft clouds, as he sits in vajra-posture upon the seed-head of an open lotus. Shakyamuni, the...
This complex painting depicts the seventeen-deity mandala of the Highest Yoga Tantra yidam deity, Hevajra, who is semi-wrathful and blue-black in colour, with eight heads, four...
This sepia painting of Green Tara was painted in 2005 by Devendra Man Sinkhwal and took five months to complete. Arya Tara, the ‘Saviouress’ and the goddess of mercy and...
This complex painting depicts the sixty-two-deity mandala of Chakrasamvara, according to the tradition of Luipa. Chakrasamvara is semi-wrathful and blue-black in...
This beautiful painting by Dinesh Charan Shrestha depicts Sarasvati, the goddess of wisdom and knowledge, who is especially associated with the arts of music, poetry, drama and...
This painting shows Vajradhara, the ‘holder of the vajra’, in union with his white consort, Vajrayogini. Vajradhara is the Primordial Buddha of the Tibetan sarma or...
This great masterpiece was painted over a three-year period by the famous Newar artist Siddhimuni Shakya (1933-2001), and his son Surendra Man (born 1967), and the mineral pigments used in...
In this black and white composition Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, is shown dancing with his two consorts on an ornate communal throne. Manjushri is...
Vajrayogini appears in her principal form as Naropa’s Dakini (Tib. Naro Khajoma) at the centre of this nine-deity composition, as she stands upon the sun-disc of...
This beautiful painting by Dinesh Charan Shrestha depicts Sarasvati, the goddess of wisdom and knowledge, who is especially associated with the arts of music, poetry, drama and...
This sepia painting of White Tara was painted in 2006 by Devendra Man Sinkhwal and is based upon his earlier masterpiece of Green Tara. Saptalocana, or...
Prajnaparamita (Tib. Shes-rab phar-phyin), meaning the ‘Perfection of Wisdom’, is an important female bodhisattva who symbolically embodies the perfection (paramita) of the Buddha’s...
This composition is based upon a famous late 13th century painting of Green Tara that is housed in the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio, which many art historians now attribute to the work of...
This great masterpiece was painted over a three-year period by the famous Newar artist Siddhimuni Shakya (1933-2001), and his son Surendra Man (born 1967), and the mineral pigments used in...
![Vajrayogini [Small]](Covers/23100.jpg)
![Red Sukhasiddhi [Small]](Covers/21625.jpg)
![Green Tara Enthroned [Small]](Covers/21956.jpg)
![White Tara Enthroned [Small]](Covers/21958.jpg)
![Standing Saraswati [Small]](Covers/21963.jpg)
![White Sukhasiddhi [Small]](Covers/21624.jpg)
![Shakyamuni Buddha [Small B/W]](Covers/23539.jpg)
![Hevajra Mandala [Medium]](Covers/21949.jpg)
![Green Tara Enthroned [Medium]](Covers/21613.jpg)
![Chakrasamvara Mandala [Medium]](Covers/21950.jpg)
![Seated Saraswati [Small]](Covers/21952.jpg)
![Vajradhara and Consort [Small]](Covers/21629.jpg)
![Vasundhara [Medium]](Covers/21942.jpg)
![Manjushri with Consorts B/W [Small]](Covers/21973.jpg)
![Vajrayogini and Deities [Medium]](Covers/21621.jpg)
![Seated Saraswati [Medium]](Covers/21610.jpg)
![White Tara Enthroned [Medium]](Covers/21614.jpg)
![Prajnaparamita [Medium]](Covers/24813.jpg)
![Green Tara [Small]](Covers/23099.jpg)
![Vasundhara [Large]](Covers/21602.jpg)
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