Newar Tantric Art

Newar Buddhist and Hindu tantric subjects — Avalokiteshvara, the Mahavidyas, Vajrayogini, Shiva-Ganesh-Bhairava, and more.

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Tripura Bhairavi

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Tripura Bhairavi

Ritesh Shahi·Giclée Print · Gouache on cotton · 2009

Mahavidya Goddesses

Tripura Bhairavi : Bhairavi, meaning the 'Terrible or Terrifying', is the female counterpart of Bhairava, the wrathful form of Rudra-Shiva, and she appears as the fifth of the ten Mahavidya or 'Great knowledge' goddesses of the Hindu female or shakta-tantra traditions.

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