ESOTERICART, SOUTH ANDSOUTHEASTASIA
Cakrasamvara and Vajravarahlin Union,Nepal, about 1450, opaque watercolor on cotton hanging scroll (thang ka). Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, from the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase. Reproduced by permission.
This hanging scroll is a visual support for ritual meditation. The practitioner visualizes the two deities in the yab-yumposture that sig-
nifies the absolute union of compassion and wisdom, “father and mother.”