3rd storey: chapel 3E

Temple devoted to Mi bskyod pa (Akṣobhya). Statue of Mi bskyod pa, blue, flanked by rDo rje sems dpa’ (Vajrasattva) to his right and rDo rje legs (Vajrasadhu) to his left, with rDo rje rgyal po (Vajrarāja) and rDo rje chags pa (Vajra-rāga) in the upper corners (groundplan No. 1); Painted Western maṇḍala (Padma Family) of the Vajradhātumahāmaṇḍala: Sangs rgyas sna tshogs gzugs can, red, flanked by two bodhisattvas (groundplan No. 2); Painted rDo rje hūm mdzad (Vajrahūṃkāra), blue, surrounded by the Sixteen Bodhisattvas in their wrathful form (goundplan No. 3); Painted Northern maṇḍala (Karma Family) of the Vajradhātumahāmaṇḍala: Sangs rgyal chos ’dzin rgyal po, green (groundplan No. 4); Painted deities of the outer cycle (northern and western quarter) (groundplan No. 5); Painted deities of the outer cycle (southern and eastern quarter) (groundplan No. 6); Painted Southern maṇḍala (Ratna Family) of the Vajradhātumahāmaṇḍala: Sangs rgyas nyi ma (groundplan No. 7); Eastern maṇḍala (Vajra Family) of the Vajradhātumahāmaṇḍala, rDo rje rnam snang, blue (groundplan No. 8); Central maṇḍala (Tathāgata Family) of the Vajradhātumahāmaṇḍala: rNam par snang mdzad chen po (Mahāvairocana), flanked by rDo rje sems dpa’ (Vajrasattva) and rDo rje chos (Vajradharma) (groundplan No. 9). [Lo Bue and Ricca 1993, p. 282].

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