[INDOLOGY] who is he?

[Matthew Kapstein]

Yes, it is certainly Vajrasattva.

Matthew T. Kapstein
Professor emeritus
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris

Associate
The University of Chicago Divinity School

Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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-------- Original Message --------
On Friday, 01/30/26 at 08:15 Dániel Balogh via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> He seems to be holding a vajra (right) and a ghaṇṭa (left). I would guess Vajrasattva, here's a randomly found website with parallels: https://himalayanbuddhistart.wordpress.com/2020/11/26/pala-india-vajrasattva/
> Buddhism experts will hopefully correct me if wrong.
>
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 at 23:32, François Patte via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Bonsoir
>>
>> Does anyone can tell me who is this god, Śiva, Viṣṇu.... other? what are the attributes in his hand?
>>
>> https://www.pingala.homelinux.org/~fp/IMG_0388.jpeg
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> -
>> François Patte
>> tél : +33 (0)6 7892 5822
>> https://www.pingala.homelinux.org/~fp
>>
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