Description
thangka [tʰɑːŋkɑː représentant Sitapatra Aparajita གདུགས་དཀར། ou सितातपतत्रा (Sitātapatrā) ou 白傘蓋佛頂 Déesse ou Tara aux mille bras partenaire d'Avalokiteshvara, divinité tutélaire de Lhassa. Divinité protectrice connue sous le nom de la déesse invincible au parasol blanc. Elle vainc les dangers surnaturels et la magie noire. Elle est vénérée dans les deux traditions du bouddhisme le Mahayana et le Vajrayana. Elle est aussi nommée Ushnisha Sitatapatra.
94x62 cm
une iconographie similaire se trouve au Museo de Zaragoza sous le n° d'inventaire Tibet. Inv. 49015 et date du XVIIe s.
Protective deity known as the invincible goddess of the white parasol
Références
She is a powerful independent deity as she was emanated by Gautama Buddha from his ushnisha. Whoever chant her mantra will be reborn in Amitabha’s pure land as well as gaining protection against supernatural danger and black magic.
Short version:
Om Mama Hum Ni Soha
Long version:
TADYATHA OM ANALE ANALE
KHASAME KHASAME BHAYRE BHAYRE
SAUMA SAUME SARVA BUDDHA ADISHTANA
ADISHTITE SOHA OM SARVA TATHAGATHA
USHINISHA SITATAPUTRA HUM PHAT HUM MAMA HUM NI SOHA
She is one of the most complex Vajrayana goddesses. As per Miranda Shaw in the “Buddhist Goddesses of India”, Sitatapatra emerged from Buddha’s ushnisha when he was in Trayastrimsa heaven.
The Buddha declared her role to “cut asunder completely all malignant demons, to cut asunder all the spells of others…to turn aside all enemies and dangers and hatred.” Her benign and beautiful form belies her ferocity as she is a ” wild, terrifying goddess, garlanded by flames, a pulverizer of enemies and demons.”
In the Mahayana Buddhism “Sitatapatra Sutra”, she is called “Aparajita” or “undefeatable” and is also recognized as a form of goddess Tara from the Vairocana family and is also called Mahamaya, which is also the name of the Buddha’s mother.
In other sutras, she is regarded as a female counterpart to Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion (or Chenrezig). Like him, Sitatapatra manifests in numerous elaborate forms: having 1000 faces, arms and legs, or simply as a feminine deity of great beauty. Known foremost for her “white parasol” she is most frequently attributed with the “golden wheel”.
The auspiciousness of the turning of the precious wheel is typical from the Gautama Buddha’s doctrine, both in its teachings and realizations.
(From:
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