A THANGKA DEPICTING TROWO TSOCHOG KAGYING TIBET, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY |

the blue four-legged, four-headed and six-armed tutelary deity in union with his red consort Khala Dugmo, trampling naga and naked demons on a lotus, supported by a tiered throne inhabited by animals and mythical beasts between the pillars, the Four Wrathful Ones Who Avert Evil at either side of the throne, and surrounded by the Eight Emanations of the Outer Circle, the Four Doorkeepers, Twenty-seven Powerful Ladies, Nine Chinte, Twenty Athletes and Generals, the Ten Generals and the Four Outer Doorkeepers Himalayan Art Resources item no. 73134.

Detlef-Ingo Lauf, The Buddhist Sculpture of India and her Influence on the Art of Tibet, (Tibetica 20), Stuttgart (Schoettle), 1972, pl. 49. Per Kvaerne, The Bon Religion of Tibet: The Iconography of a Living Tradition, London, 1995, pl. 26.