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Kun Btus, Mandala #98, Dus 'Khor Sdom Chen Lha Bdun Cu Don Gsum

The document summarizes a painting of the Mahasamvara Kalachakra Seventy-three Deity Mandala commissioned by the 8th abbot of Dorje Drag monastery. It contains concentric weapon wheels surrounding Kalachakra and eight couples in embrace. The mandala palace has eight gates and is surrounded by sixteen great charnel grounds unique to the Kalachakra Tantra. The lineage teachers of this mandala include Buddha Kalachakra, various kings, vidyadharas, and Tibetan lamas.

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Kun Btus, Mandala #98, Dus 'Khor Sdom Chen Lha Bdun Cu Don Gsum

The document summarizes a painting of the Mahasamvara Kalachakra Seventy-three Deity Mandala commissioned by the 8th abbot of Dorje Drag monastery. It contains concentric weapon wheels surrounding Kalachakra and eight couples in embrace. The mandala palace has eight gates and is surrounded by sixteen great charnel grounds unique to the Kalachakra Tantra. The lineage teachers of this mandala include Buddha Kalachakra, various kings, vidyadharas, and Tibetan lamas.

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Mahasamvara Kalachakra, Seventy-three Deity Mandala.

The painting was commissioned by


Lhachog Sengge (!"#-$%$&, the 'th abbot o( )gor *wam Monastery.
Sanskrit+ Kalachakra Tibetan+ D, kyi kor lo
Kalachakra is s,rro,nded by eight co,ples in embrace. -,tside o( that are si. concentric weapon
wheels, /nana, bh,mi, vari, /vala, vay, and akasha. *ach o( these wheels has eight co,ples in
embrace. The mandala palace is circ,lar and has eight gates. S,rro,nding the palace is the ring o(
si.teen great charnel gro,nds ,ni0,e to the Kalachakra Tantra.
The so,rce te.t is the 1aramadi-b,ddhoddhrta-srikalachakra-nama-
tantrara/a, Toh %"2. 3,rther in(ormation (or this mandala can be
(o,nd in the )gor Mandala compilation o( the 'th cent,ry rgyud sde
kun btus, mandala 4'#, d,s 5khor sdom chen lha bd,n c, don gs,m
gyi dkyil 5khor. 6lso see The )gor Mandalas o( Tibet, Listings o( the
Mandala Deities. bSod nams rgya mthso. 7ibliotheca 8odic,m
6siaticor,m !. The 8entre (or *ast 6sian 8,lt,ral St,dies, ''.
6gain, Tibetan Mandalas (9a/ravali and Tantra-sam,ccaya&,
:agh,vira and Lokesh 8handra, ''$.
Lineage Teachers+ 7,ddha Kalachakra, 8handrabhadra and the
*ight Kings, Man/,shr-kirti and the Twenty-(ive 9idyadharas;
9idyadhara Shripala, Kalachakrapada the <reater, Kalachakrapada
the Lesser, the Kashmiri 8handra )ata, <ompa Konchog Sr,ng,
Droton )amla Tseg, =,mo Mikyo Dor/e, Se Dharmeshvari, Dr,btob )amkha ->er, Dr,btob
Semoche )amka <yaltsen, ?amsar Sherab ->er, Lama 8hok, ->er, 8ho/e K,npangpa, ?angsem
<yalwa =eshe, Lama K,nkyen 1agpa, 7,ton :inchen Dr,b (2'@-%"!&, etc. (rgy,d se bk,n bt,s,
2@@! edition, vol. %@, pages A-A%&.

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