Handmade Yamantaka Statue: The Death Conqueror
This Yamantaka Statue, known as the Death Conqueror, measures 8.5”/21.5 cm in height and 6.7”/17 cm at the base, weighing 1.43 kg. Expertly crafted from a copper body, it is adorned with 24K gold gilding and detailed gold and acrylic paintings. Skillfully made by Nepali artisans, this piece is ideal for altars, meditation spaces, or as a powerful spiritual decor item.
Yamantaka Statues represent the Buddhist concept of wisdom (prajñā) in its most fearsome form. He is depicted with nine heads, the main face of a buffalo with large horns, creating a strikingly wrathful appearance. Yamantaka has 34 arms holding sharp tools and gruesome objects, including eight worldly gods in his right hands and eight animals in his left arms, symbolizing mastery over worldly forces. His 16 legs trample on the corpses of negativity, and he steps upon Mara, the demon of delusion, while seated on a lotus base. This powerful figure embodies protection, the conquest of death and ignorance, and the transformative energy of wrathful wisdom.
Size: 8.5”/21.5 cm (Height) x 6.7”/17 cm (Base)
Weight: 1.43 kg
Material: 24K Gold Gilded, Gold & Acrylic Paintings, Copper Body
Yamantaka is a wrathful deity in Tibetan Buddhism and a fierce emanation of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom. He is considered the “Conqueror of Death”, embodying the power to overcome death, ignorance, and negative forces.
