Please help identify dakini mandala

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Please help identify dakini mandala

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Hello, Is anyone familiar with this particular deity or mandala? Is it some form of Kurukulla without the normal bow? Sorry for the blurry photo. Thanks.
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I think that's Drikung Red Tara. But I could be wrong.
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Looks like Vajravarahi to me. But I could be wrong.

Unfortunately this is only available in German, French and Dutch:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajravarahi

But she is a form of Vajrayogini:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayogini#Iconography
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It is definitely some Red Tara/Kurukula, but i don´t know which lineage.

Drikung Red Tara from Terton Osel Dorje is seated and holds a hook in upper right hand, bow string in lower right hand, lotus flower in upper left hand and bow in the lower left. In her mandala there is Kurukulle, red Jambhala, red Ganapati and red Mahadeva.
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Thanks for the input so far. It was painted by some friends of mine for a Nyingma ngakpa lama, according to a text he provided, but then he never picked up the finished product. So we are trying to figure out exactly which mandala and lineage this is from.
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Who was the Lama?

The Red Tara at the bottom looks like it may be Rigjed Lhamo from the Apong Terton Red Tara Cycle to me, mainly because of the peaceful smile.
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akatararyo,I am really not sure which lama. My friends are trying to locate the pecha, if they find it I will let you all know. Thanks for the input by everyone so far.
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Dzoki, if the image of the Drikung Red Tara you describe above is the same as the one with which I'm familiar, a figure is seated cross-legged in the upper right corner, wearing red and gold robes and with a hand on each knee. Do you know if this is the terton Osel Dorje or some other person? Thanks.
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drodul wrote:Dzoki, if the image of the Drikung Red Tara you describe above is the same as the one with which I'm familiar, a figure is seated cross-legged in the upper right corner, wearing red and gold robes and with a hand on each knee. Do you know if this is the terton Osel Dorje or some other person? Thanks.
Yes ti is him. Here is a pic of that thangka:
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Thanks, Dzoki. Yes, that's the image I have too. The only photo of Osel Dorje that Google Images reveals shows him in the same posture and with the same sort of topknot.
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I believe it's Apong Terton's standing red Tara. We practice it on some Chagdud Gonpa centres on dakini days (every other day is the sitting red Tara text, the one just bellow the main figure). It's also the text used for this particular lineage empowerment, even if the main practice is the sitting one. I never got the original text in Tibetan but they have translated its title as something like "beautified by the lotus". I'm very found of this particular sadhana.
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what sort of significance is there that some of the deitys are standing on their left leg, while others are standing on their right leg?
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in this case it seems it is for optical-symmetry
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