LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xv

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LII.	a. Yamāntaka The "Destroyer of Death," a wrathful manifestation of Manjushri. Bronze; height 5 1/2 inches. Tibetan.	facing page 164
	b. Kuvera The God of Wealth with his human mount original Sanskrit: "nara-vāhana" and consort original Sanskrit: "śakti"; the feminine personification of divine energy. Gilded copper; height 2 1/2 inches. Tibetan.
	c. Yamāntaka. Agglomerated material, gold lacquered; height 6 inches. Tibetan.
	d. Yamāntaka. Gilded copper; height 4 inches. Tibetan.
LIII.	a. Bishamon The Japanese name for Vaiśravaṇa, the Protector of the North and God of Wealth. Wood, painted; height 16 inches. Japanese.	facing page 166
	b. Lokapāla A "World Guardian" or protector of one of the four cardinal directions. Wood, painted; height 16 inches. Japanese.
	c. Bishamon. Wood, painted; height 16 inches. Japanese.
	d. Fudō The "Immovable One," a powerful protective deity in Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Wood, painted; height 30 inches. Japanese.
LIV.	To-wen The Chinese name for Bishamon or Vaiśravaṇa. Bronze; height 16 inches.	facing page 166
LV.	Na-ro-mk'ha-spyod-ma A "sky-faring" female deity or dakini associated with the teachings of the yogi Naropa. Temple banner; height 25 inches. Tibetan (in colors).	facing page 166
LVI.	a. White Jambhala A god of wealth and prosperity. Bronze, painted; height 2 inches. Tibetan.	facing page 168
	b. White Jambhala. Bronze; height 5 inches. Tibetan.
	c. Rnam-ras A Tibetan form of Vaiśravaṇa. Bronze; height 3 inches. Tibetan.
	d. Dam-chan A class of "oath-bound" protector spirits (tokchoi a specific small metal ritual object or amulet). Gilded copper; height 3 inches. Tibetan.
LVII.	a. Saṃvara A major meditational deity in the highest yoga tantra (?) in a shrine. Wood, painted, exterior gold lacquer; height 4 inches. Japanese.	facing page 170
	b. Aizen-myō-ō The deity of love and passion transformed into spiritual wisdom in a pocket shrine. Sandalwood, cover red lacquer.
	c. Kwan-non The Bodhisattva of Compassion on a lion. Kongōsatta Vajrasattva, the "Diamond Being" representing the purity of the mind on an elephant. Pocket shrine, sandalwood, painted, exterior gold lacquer; height 3 1/2 inches. Japanese.
LVIII.	a. Uga-jin A Japanese harvest and wealth deity, often shown with the body of a snake and the head of an old man. Wood; height 1 1/2 inches. Japanese.	facing page 170
	b. Uga-jin. Printed charm original Japanese: "ofuda" from the Enkaku-ji temple, Kamakura, Japan.
	c. Gautama Buddha. Stone; height 8 inches. Cambodia.
	d. Gautama Buddha. Bronze; height 3 1/2 inches. Siamese Modern day Thailand. Presented to Henry H. Getty by His Royal Highness Prince Damrong of Siam.
LIX.	a. Uga-jin. Bronze; height 1 1/2 inches. Japanese.	facing page 172
	b. Garuḍa A mythical bird-like creature and the enemy of serpents. Gilded copper; height 12 inches. Tibetan.
	c. Nāgarāja A "Serpent King," a semi-divine being associated with water and weather. Agglomerated material, gold lacquered; height 10 inches. Tibetan.
LX.	a. Mi-la-ras-pa Milarepa, the famous 11th-century Tibetan yogi and poet. Bronze; height 3 inches. Tibetan.	facing page 172
	b. Man-la Bhaisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha. Bronze; height 6 inches. Tibetan.
	c. Gautama Buddha. Bronze; height 4 inches. Singalese From Sri Lanka.
	d. Maitreya Buddha The Buddha of the future, currently residing in Tushita Heaven. Gilded bronze; height 5 inches. Tibetan.
LXI.	Two leaves from a Nepalese book (in colors) with miniatures of:	facing page 174
	a. Grahamātṛkā The "Mother of the Planets," a protective deity.
	b. Vasudhārā The goddess of abundance and agriculture.
LXII.	a. Citipati The "Lords of the Cemetery," depicted as dancing skeletons representing the impermanence of life. Charm-box. Gilded copper; height 6 inches. Tibetan.	facing page 174
	b. Dharmapāla A "Protector of the Dharma" or Buddhist teachings. Charm box. Gilded copper inlaid with turquoise, coral, and lapis lazuli; height 6 inches. Tibetan.
	c. Skull-cup A ritual bowl made from a human skull, used in tantric ceremonies. Mountings in gilded copper; height 16 inches. Tibetan.
	d. Dai-nichi Nyorai The Japanese name for Vairocana, the Great Sun Buddha. Silver, in an inro a small, decorative portable case, gold lacquer; height 6 inches. Japanese.