Worldly Protector - Dorje Setrap

肃火斤

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Dorje Setrap: an indigenous daemon of Tibet, subjugated by Padmasambhava and

appointed as a guardian of the Buddhist religion.

Fearsome in appearance, red in colour, he holds upraised in the right hand a red stick topped with a skull. The left hand holds a lasso at the waist above a quiver of arrows and a bow in a leopard skin pouch. Seated atop a brown horse, he is completely surrounded by the brightly burning orange and red flames of wisdom fire. An attendant figure stands below.

At the top center is Lama Tsongkapa with the two main disciples Khedrup and Gyaltsap seated at the sides. At the right corner is the meditational deity Vajrabhairava. At the left corner is the enlightened protector Yama Dharmaraja.
Tibet

1800 - 1899

Gelug Lineage

67.95x42.55cm (26.75x16.75in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art