Machine-Made Buddhist Deity Yamantaka Benefits Sculpture
Artists from the Kathmandu Valley constructed this Yamantaka sculpture using machines. This body of work was made using oxidized copper. Deity is depicted sitting on a lotus seat with a sun disc and a wrathful facial expression. The deity is decorated with jewels and ornaments. This Yamantaka figurine will be a perfect gift from Nepal to a devotee like you that will aid you in your practices and regular activities such as meditation and yoga.
Size: 5.3"/13.5cm (Height) x 3.9"/10cm (Base)
Weight: 0.358 kg
Material: Oxidized Copper Body, Machine Made
Yamantaka statue is shown in various ways, one of which is Yamataka Ekavira, which means "lone hero." He has a bull's or buffalo's head with long horns as the center head, among many other features. There are eight primary heads, with the Bodhisattva Manjushri's little crowned head at the pinnacle. Yamantaka dressed in an elephant-skin robe, a garland of freshly cut human skulls, snakes, interwoven bone ornament bracelets, necklaces, and a girdle. Except for his adornments, he is naked. A flaming halo is behind him, and his erect phallus has a crimson tip. He wields a chopping knife (Kartika) in his primary hands, symbolizing his power to sever the root of illusion.