A PAUBHA DEPICTING AMOGHAPASHA Nepal, Circa 15th Century

the white eight-armed bodhisattva standing within a shrine at the centre of the mandala, with Tara and Bhrikuti standing and Sudhanakumara and Hayagriva kneeling at either side, the Eight Bodhisattvas Gaganaganja, Khagarbha, Kshitigarbha, Maitreya, Manjugosha, Samantabhadra, Vajrapani, Vishkambin seated in the surrounding lotus, four dakini outside the lotus at the cardinal points, sixteen further deities within the palace gates, the whole set on a lotus flower ringed by multi-coloured flames, deities seated in shrines amidst charnel grounds at the cardinal points, with narrative scenes above and below, seven Buddhas in the upper register including the Five Tathagatas, and Ganesha dancing to music in the lower register, the donor family either side with a vajracharya performing the homa puja

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 18346.
33 7/8 by 21 1/2 in. (86 by 54.5 cm)