A THANGKA DEPICTING SATRIG ÖSANG TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY |

with hands in dharmachakra mudra, wearing scarves and a lower garment decorated with bija, seated on a throne with khyung bird, elephant, lions and mythical animals beneath, a torana with khyung above, and deities and monks surrounding the throne Himalayan Art Resources item no. 18465.

The deity is the most popular goddess in the Bon pantheon, and is known as the Great Mother, with Satrig signifying ‘Wisdom’. The iconographic colour is yellow, corresponding with Prajnaparamita, the Buddhist goddess of Wisdom, see Per Kvaerne, The Bon Religion of Tibet, London, 1995, p. 25.