Vasyavajravarahi, Vāsyavajravārāhī, Vasya-vajravarahi: 1 definition
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Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyVāsyavajravārāhī (वज्रवाराही) is a variety of Vajravārāhī: one of the various emanations of Vairocana, as mentioned in the 5th-century Sādhanamālā (a collection of sādhana texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).—Her Symbols are the kartri and kapāla; her Āsana is dancing in ardhaparyaṅka; her Vāhana is the corpse lying on back.
This form of Vajravārāhī [viz., Vāsyavajravārāhī] is invoked in those rituals which are performed with the specific purpose of bewitching men and women, and is very popular in Nepal and other Buddhist countries. This form is almost identical with the one described above with the difference that here the goddess wields the kartri in the right hand instead of the vajra, along with the raised index finger. The left has the kapāla like the previous one. The khaṭvaṅga as usual hangs from her left shoulder just as it is seen in the Heruka and Nairātmā images. She stands in the attitude of dancing in ardhaparyaṅka on a corpse instead of showing the pratyālīḍha as in the previous case.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Partial matches: Vashya, Vajravarahi.
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