1st storey: chapel 1Sa'

Chapel devoted to gTsug tor rnam par rgyal ma (Uṣṇīṣavijayā). West of the chapel: Statue of gTsug tor rnam par rgyal ma (Uṣṇīṣavijayā), gilded, with three heads and eight arms, sitting in vajrāsana on a double-lotus throne, within a stūpa, flanked by two bodhisattvas. North wall (ground plan No. 2): Painted maṇḍala of Uṣṇīṣavijayā with the 33 deities of the uṣṇīṣa cycle, within a golden stūpa, flanked by Padmapāṇi and Vajrapāṇi. East wall (ground plan No. 3): maṇḍala of sGrol ma sku mdog ser mo (Pīta Tārā), as described in the sGrub thabs rgya mtsho (Sādhanasāgara). Southern wall (ground plan No. 4): maṇḍala of sGrol ma nor sbyin ma (Dhanada Tārā), as described in the Sādhanasāgara. [Lo Bue and Ricca 1993, p. 228].

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