STUNNING 19th.c Tibet Tibetan Wood Shaman Exorcism Mask Yama God of Death XL

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STUNNING 19th.c Tibet Tibetan Wood Shaman Exorcism Mask Yama God of Death XL:
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THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND BEST CARVED TIBETAN MASKS IN MY COLLECTION. IT WAS MAGNIFICENTLY CARVED FROM A SINGLE PIECE OF BODHI WOOD. THE BODHI TREE IS SACRED TO BUDDHIST AND HINDUS ALIKE.THIS MASK DEPICTS THE HINDU AND BUDDHIST GOD YAMA WHO IS REVERED AS THE GOD OF DEATHSHAMANIC MASKS LIKE THIS AREUSED IN RELIGIOUS RITUALS, FESTIVALS AND EXORCISMS BY SHAMAN AND BUDDHIST MONKS. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY DERIVED FROM THE TOTEM WORSHIPING OF ETHNIC MINORITIES INNORTH & WESTERN CHINA, MONGOLIA, NEPAL AND TIBET. THIS MASK, WAS VERY SKILFULLY CARVED DEEP INTO THE WOOD GIVING THE MASK GREAT DEPT SO THAT IT CAN BE WORN ON THE FACE OR THE TOP OF THE HEAD. THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION, IT IS AN ORIGINAL MASK THAT WAS USED IN SHAMAN RITUALS.BACK IN 2007 I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TAKE A TRIP FROM BEIJING TOLHASAWHERE I FOUND THIS GEM. IT HAS BEEN IN MY PERSONAL COLLECTION EVER SINCE AND HAS NEVER BEEN LISTED FOR SALE BEFORE NOW. IF YOU ARE A SERIOUS MASK COLLECTOR, A TIBETAN ART ENTHUSIAST OF A DEVOUT BUDDHIST, THIS PIECE IS A MUST HAVE. DON\'T LET THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY PASS YOU BY... BUY IT NOW.

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SIZE: Approx 11 inches X 9 inches x 7 inches (CAN BE SEEN IN PHOTOS)

MATERIALS: BODHI WOD

AGE: 19TH CENTURY

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YamaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis article is about the Hindu and Buddhist deity Yama generally. For Yama in the Hindu tradition, seeYama (Hinduism). For Yama in the Buddhist and East Asian tradition, seeYama in Buddhist and Chinese mythology. For other uses, seeYama (disambiguation).Yama\'s Court andHell. The Blue figure is Yama with his consortYamiandChitragupta.
A 17th-century painting from the Government Museum inChennai.

Yama(Sanskrit:यम) orYamarāja(यमराज) is thegod of death, belonging to an early stratum ofVedic mythology. In Sanskrit, his name can be interpreted to mean \"twin\".[1]In theZend-Avestahe is called \"Yima\".[2]According to theVishnu Purana, Yama is the son of the sungodSurya[3]and of Sanjna, the daughter of Visvakarman, sometimes called \"Usha\". He is the brother of the currentManuVaivasvatha and of his older sister Yami, whichH.H. Wilsonindicates to mean theYamuna river.[4]According toHarivamsa Puranaher name is Daya.[5]In theVedas, Yama is said to have been the first mortal who died. By virtue of precedence, he became the ruler of the departed,[6]called \"Lord of thePitrs\".[7]There is a one-of-a-kind temple inSrivanchiyam,Tamil Nadu,India, dedicated to Yama.[citation needed]

Mentioned by theBuddhain thePali canon, Yama subsequently enteredBuddhist,Chinese,Tibetan,Korean, andJapanese mythologyas awrathful godundervarious transliterations.

Contents[hide]

1Hinduism
2Buddhism
3Yama\'s abode
- 3.1Naraka (Hindu)
- 3.2Naraka (Sikhism)
- 3.3Naraka (Buddhist)
- 3.4Diyu (Chinese mythology) and Meido and Jigoku (Japanese mythology)
4Related concepts
- 4.1Yama and Ymir
- 4.2Yama in Iranian mythology
- 4.3Yama in Javanese
5See also
6References

Hinduism[edit]Main article:Yama (Hinduism)Yama fromTibet

[8]InHinduism, Yama is thelokapala(\"Guardian of the Directions\") of the south. Three hymns (10, 14, and 35) in the 10th book of theRig Vedaare addressed to him. He has two dogs with four eyes and wide nostrils guarding the road to his abode (cf.hellhound). They are said to wander about among people as his messengers.[9]

In the Puranas, Yama although one of the most powerful controllers, is still subordinate toShivaandVishnubecause they are different aspects of the overrulingBrahman. A story of Yama\'s subordination to Shiva is well-illustrated in the case ofMarkandeya, where Shiva asKalantaka(\"Ender of Death\") stops Yama and rescues his devotee Markandeya from his clutches.

Another story found in theBhagavata Puranashows Yama\'s subordination to Vishnu. The manAjamilahad committed many evil acts during his life such as stealing, abandoning his wife and children, and marrying aprostitute.

Moment of his death he involuntarily chanted the name ofNarayana(another Sanskritname for Vishnu) and achievedmoksha, saved from the messengers of Yama. Although Ajamila had actually been thinking the name of his youngest son, Narayana\'s name has powerful effects, and thus Ajamila was released from his great sins.

Inart, Yama is depicted with blue skin and red clothes and rides awater buffalo. He holds a loop of rope in his left hand with which he pulls the soul from the corpse. His Greek counterpart isHadesandThanatos. His Egyptian counterpart isOsiris.

Buddhism[edit]Main article:Yama (Buddhism and Chinese Mythology)Azuchi-Momoyama periodwall-scroll depicting EnmaSouth Indian depiction of Yama

InBuddhism,Yama(Sanskrit: यम) is adharmapala(wrathful god) said to judge the dead and preside over theNarakas(\"Hells\" or \"Purgatories\") and the cycle ofrebirth.

The Buddhist Yama has however, developed different myths and different functions from theHindudeity. He has also spread far more widely and is known in every country whereBuddhismis practiced, includingChinaandJapan.

Yama\'s abode[edit]Naraka (Hindu)[edit]Main article:Naraka (Hinduism)The Court of Yama, God of Death, circa 1800

Naraka in Hinduism is similar to theChristianHell, but serves only as a temporarypurgatorywhere the soul is purified of sin by its suffering. In Hindu mythology, Naraka holds many hells,[10]and Yama directs departed souls to the appropriate one. Even experience Naraka forexpiationof sins.

Although Yama is the lord of Naraka, he may also direct the soul to aSwarga(heaven) or return it toBhoomi(earth). As good and bad deeds are not considered to cancel each other out, the same soul may spend time in both a hell and a heaven. The seven Swargas are:Bhuvas,Swas(governed byBrahma).

Naraka (Sikhism)[edit]

The idea of Naraka in Sikhism is like the idea of Hell. One\'s soul, however, is confined to 8.4 million life cycles before taking birth as a human, the point of human life being one where one attains salvation, the salvation beingsach khand. The idea of khand comes in multiple levels of such heavens, the highest being merging with God as one. The idea of Hell is like it comes in multiple levels, and hell itself can manifest within human life itself. The Sikh idea of hell is where one is apart from naama and gurus charana (God\'s lotus feet (abode)). Without naama one is damned. Naama is believed to be a direct deliverance from God to humanity in the form of Guru Nanak. A Sikh is hence required to take theAmrit(holy nectar/water) from gurubani,panj pyare(khanda da pahul) to come closer to naama. A true Sikh of the Gurus has the Guru himself manifest and take that person into sach khand.

Naraka (Buddhist)[edit]Main article:Naraka (Buddhism)Yama Nat inBurmeserepresentation.

Narakais usually translated into English as \"hell\" or \"purgatory\". A Naraka differs from the hells of western religions in two respects. First, beings are not sent to Naraka as the result of a divine judgment and punishment; second, the length of a being\'s stay in a Naraka is not eternal, though it is usually very long. Instead, a being is born into a Naraka as a direct result of his or her previouskarma(actions of body, speech and mind), and resides there for a finite length of time until his karma has exhausted its cumulate effect.

Diyu (Chinese mythology) and Meido and Jigoku (Japanese mythology)[edit]Main article:Diyu and Jigoku

MandarinDiyu,JapaneseJigoku, literally \"earth prison\", is the realm of the dead or \"hell\" inChinese mythologyandJapanese mythology. It is based upon the Buddhist concept ofNarakacombined with local afterlife beliefs. Incorporating ideas fromTaoismandBuddhismas well as traditional religion in China, Di Yu is a kind of purgatory place which serves not only to punish but also to renew spirits ready for their next incarnation. This is interchangeable with the concept ofNaraka.

In Japanese mythology Enma-O or Enma Dai-O judges souls in Meido, the kingdom of the waiting dead. Those deemed too horrible are sent to Jigoku, a land more comparable to the Christian hell. It is a land of eternal toil and punishment. Those of middle note remain in meido for a period awaiting reincarnation. Others, of high note, become honored ancestors, watching over their descendants.

Related concepts[edit]Yama and Ymir[edit]Main article:Ymir

In a disputable etymology, W. Meid (1992) has linked the names Yama (reconstructed inProto-Indo-Europeanas *yemos) and the name of the primeval Norse frost giantYmir, which can be reconstructed in Proto-Germanic as *umijaz or *jumijaz, in the latter case possibly deriving from PIE*ym̥yos, from the rootyem\"twin\". In his myth, however, Ymir is not a twin, and only shares with Yama the characteristics of being primeval and mortal. However, Ymir is ahermaphroditeand engenders the race of giants.

Yama in Iranian mythology[edit]Main article:Jamshid

A parallel character inIranian mythologyandZoroastrianismis known asYima Xšaēta, who appears in theAvesta. The pronunciation \"Yima\" is peculiar to theAvestandialect; in most Iranian dialects, includingOld Persian, the name would have been \"Yama\". In the Avesta, the emphasis is on Yima\'s character as one of the first mortals and as a great king of men. Over time, *Yamaxšaita was transformed into Jamšēd orJamshid, celebrated as the greatest of the earlyshahsof the world. Both Yamas in Zoroastrian and Hindu myth guard hell with the help of two four-eyed dogs.[11][12]

Yama in Javanese[edit]

There is Yamadipati in Javanese culture, especially inwayang. The wordadipatimeansrulerorcommander. When Hinduism first came toJava, Yama was still the same as Yama in Hindu myth. Later, asIslamreplaced Hinduism as the majority religion of Java, Yama was demystified byWalisanga, who ruled at that time. So, in Javanese, Yama became a new character. He is the son of Sanghyang Ismaya and Dewi Sanggani. In theWayanglegend, Yamadipati married Dewi Mumpuni. Unfortunately, Dewi Mumpuni fell in love with Nagatatmala, son ofHyang Anantaboga, who rules the earth. Dewi Mumpuni eventually left Yamadipati, however.