The group of eight 'three demons' - Tsakli

Description:

Mongolia, early 20th cent.
Je ca. 11 x 9 cm
Géza Bethlenfalvy describes in the 2002 publication 'Demons and Protectors - Folk Religion in Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhism' these tsakli - illustrated on page31 under no. 10 - as follows: 1. Rahu, south (Ra hu gig za 'dre kha bskyur lho), 2. Indra, south-east (Ib]rGya byin gnyis shar lho za 'dre kha bskyur), 3.
Mara, south (bdud gsum lho za 'dre kha bskyur), 4. Rakshasa, south-east (s/rlin po bzhi shar lho za 'dre kha bskyur), 5. naga (klui Inga), 6. bhuta ('byung po drug), 7. yaksha (gnod sbyin. bdun), 8. tsen (btsan brgyad)'
Joachim Baader Collection, München, collected before 1980
Published and exhibited as mentioned above Ferenc Hopp Museum Budapest 2003 - Traces of age, slight signs of use