Brahma, originating with Indian Hindu religious culture. This small painting belongs to a set of fifty-one compositions that make up thefifty-one deities of the mandala of Medicine Buddha. (See Gods & Deities in Tantric Buddhism).

Brahma is considered one of the highest worldly gods. He is peaceful in appearance, has four faces, yellow in colour, with two hands holding a wheel or chakra symbolizing universal supremacy. Seated in a relaxed posture with the legs placed in royal ease he sits atop the back of a large orange and blue goose above a pink flower blossom and throne, surrounded by an elaborate and decorative throne niche.

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