Female Deities in Mongolian Buddhist Votive Paintings

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Female Deities in Mongolian Buddhist Votive Paintings
Original language description
The present article focuses on iconography of peaceful and wrathful female deities in Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia. The female deities in Tibetan Buddhism play various roles in everyday practice. Besides the bodhisattvas in female form, they represent personal deities, various protectors and local deities. The following examples depict various types of female deities. Vajrayoginī belongs among the Dākinīs, the female deities assisting in spiritual development, and worldly Dharma protectors. The most important among the protectors is Palden Lhamo. Mo lha belongs to protective spirits. Sitātapatrā with a parasol symbolizes the spiritual protection. Usnīsavijaya represents one of the popular Long-life Deities.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AL - Art, architecture, cultural heritage
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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