Mandala of Achala Chandamaharoshana

16th century

58.4 cm 81.9 cm

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The deity known as both as Achala and Chandamaharoshana is the wise upholder of truth in the meditational text the "Chandamaharoshana Tantra," where he responds to questions asked by his consort Vishvavajri while they are united in a sexual embrace. Chandamaharoshana is belove...

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Sale, Sotheby's, New York, December 1973; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, 1973, by purchase.
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