The Tibetan Iconography of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and other Deities
author: Lokesh Chandra
edition: 2002, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 807
ISBN-10: 812460178X
ISBN-13: 9788124601785
Topic: Tibetan-buddhism
Vajrayaksa
This chapter describes Vajrayaksa located on page 366 and contained in the collection "(Sixteen) Bodhisattvas of Vairocana Buddha" in the book Tibetan Iconography (a unique pantheon). This book deals with the iconography of deities within the Pantheon of Tibetan Buddhism, such as Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, Matrkas (Goddesses), Gurus (Teachers), Protective Deities and various other spiritual entities. The Buddhist art and iconography in this book is accompanied by Chinese eulogies.
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) [by Gyurme Dorje]
In the north are the male and female consorts Amoghasiddhi, and around them are the four (male consorts) Vajrakarma, Vajrarakshita, Vajrayaksha, and Vajramushti, with their respective female consorts Narti, Gandha, Kinkini, and Vajrapravesha. Outside these fifty (deities) there are the ten wrathful male deities with their consorts, so that the five clusters altogether comprise seventy deities....
Read full contents: Text 11.17 (Commentary)
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms [by William Edward Soothill]
二王 The two guardian spirits represented on the temple gates, styled Vajrayaksha 金剛夜叉 or 神 or 夜叉神. 二現 The two kinds of manifestation, or appearance, 須現 the necessary appearance in the flesh of the Buddha for ordinary people, and 不須現 the non-necessity for this to those of spiritual vision. 二百五十戒 The 250 commandments, or 具足戒 perfect or complete commandments, which are obligatory on monks and nuns....
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