Yamantaka, Destroyer of the God of Death, early 18th century. Yamantaka is a wrathful expression of Manjusri, the Samyaksambuddha of wisdom with two pairs of lamas, tentatively identified as the Panchen Lama (left) and Atisha accompanied by attending lamas.

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