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46flBETAN MANPAI .AS (OF THE VAJP.AVALI)

I 1. Marydala of Vairahwitl<nra

The central deity is Vajrahurirkara (Rdo rje htrrir mdzadr) who has the epithet

TrailokyavUaya*($jigrtengsuml-T'l*parrgyalba)aswellastheTrailokyavijayamudra. He is su*ounded by Ten Krodhas unaei different names: vajradanda (Rdo rje

dbyug pa), enararla t*uo":" fli ma3), Vajrosnrsa-(Rdo rje gtsug gto/), vajraku4{alt

(Rdo rje hkhyil u"'i, v":r"vakqa(Rdo.rj" gn;a iuyi*i, vajrakala (Rdo rje bdud rtsi dusT)'

Mahakala (Nag po chen po8), Vajrabhrqa;a (Rdo tj" hjl* su run bae)' Ug'Isacakravarfi

(Gtsug tor hkhor i.r t'g'ii Ui9 anO'Va3rapatala (Rdo rje sa hogtt' also called

3"*ifi"=cnod mdzes).

References:NispannayogEvalrp.44,Skt.g.2a.Tib.133b4,Vajravalt36b2,500Gods R ga, Samuccaya 1g2b1,360 Gods 56,15g, Pao-hsiang Lou pantheon2A34'

Kanjur (Tohoku no. +gZ Trailokyavijaya)' IBI' p'181'

,222&pictsTrailokyavijaya,the360Godsno'.343showsTrailokyarajawherethe

Chinese name translates Skr Trailoky*ijuy"n"jiu *iose image is 4M7 in the Pao-hsiang Lou pantheon' The

hsrnamed pantheon rr* i*, -o* ir*g", "r

rt"u"tv""iluya is a Buddha (4B30) and as a Bodhisattva (5460)'

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52 TIBETAN MANDALAS (OF THE VAJRAVALI)

of Yogambara

This is a triputa mandala i.e. it consists

of three circl es Qtu!a), the inner circle (garbha'

maryQala), the outer circle (varttulapuya), and

the outermost circle (bdhyapuqa).

The centre of the maldala is occupied

I uv the principal deity (maryQaletu) Yogdmbara

I tnnat hbyor nam mkhahl) who is embraced by

'-t his Prajfla Jflanad-akinl. He is sulrounded by

-J 'i;':"'.ffit'R- t;;;t ma'), Ghoraddkinl

f 6jigs byed da ki ma3), Vetdli (Ro lans ma4)

I und Cqrdalint (Gtum mo5) in the four directions

! t kostha). In the four intermediate directions aIe

I Sirhhini (Sen ge ma6), Vydghrl (Stag mo7),

I lambukt (Ce spyan mat), and Ulukl (Hug pa

| *an). At the back (p.r{!hatah) of Vajrad-akinlt and other deities in the cardinal directions ap-

pear four more subsidiary deities: pakini (pa ki mar0), DIpint (Mar me malr), CUPr+r (Hjigs byed

mat2), and Kambojl (Skam po lrdzint3).In the second circle (varttulaputa) there are three deities in each of the four main direc-

tions: Rrkkasi (pukka sir4),-"(Da ttri 4tt),- (Gtum mor6) in the east; Ghori (Hjigs byed marT),

{Grags mars),-(Sa *ui1 in the north; Ugri (Drag sul ma2),{Hbar ma2r),-{Mi sdug ma22")

io it " i"rt; Kapali (Thod pa ma23),{Rdo rje ma'o), and{Bum pa ma25) in the south' In each of

the intermediate direction, th"r" are two d"iti".r Ldsya (Sge mo *atu), Gandha (Dri chab m*\,Vina (Pi wan ma28), Pugpa (Me tog matn), Gita (Glu mail), DhUpA (Bdug spos masr), Nrtya (Gar

."tt), and Dlpa (Mar me mat').In the outermost third circle (bahyapula) there are eight deities in the eight directions:

Hari (Khyab trjugro), Brahmd (Tshans pas), Mahe6vara (Dban phyug chen po36), Sadvaktra (Gdon

d.gti), fnO* tOUun po3s), Kubera (Lus nan3e), Yama (GSin rjeao), and Varuna (Chu lhaat)' Be-

yonl tlr"r" there are iour deities in each of the four main directions: Karankabhairava (Ken rus

irjigs byedo), Khatv-angardksasa (Kha tv6ri gatri srin poa3), Ganesvara (Tshogs kyi dban phyu#),

Cn"*rt"q" (orit UJtri rna ba'cano;1 inlne east; CandeSvara (Gtum mol.ri dban phyugou)'

Chaniodeva (Mdun sahi lhao1, JvareSvara (Rigs kyi dban phyugas), Jhanklrabhlsana (Dzhan ka ra

hjigs su run baa) in the north; Takkirudra (Drag pohi hdod pa50), sthandileSvara ($a+ di lahi dban

piiugl), Damarudambara (Da'ma ruhi trdul Uirat), Dhakkabhayanaka (Rna sgras hjigs byeds3)

in the west; Tumburesvara (Gtum bu rahi dban phyugsa), Spharanada (SphA ra na dass),

Darirqtrakarala (Mche ba gtsigs pa56), and Dhanurdhara (Gzhu hdzin pa57) in the south'

Refermces: Nispannayogdvali introd. p.48, Skt. p. 32, Trb. 138b5, Vajravali 37b3, 500 Gods

R 13c, Samuccaya 183a4, 36O C"Ot no. 58, Pao tlsiang Lou Pantheon 3Ml, 3832, Tanjur no' 1619'

IBI. p. 186.

14. Mandala

* The Nispannayogavah does not

stands for a grouP of three: gffigffr:** Xylograph " po.

give their names and only later on this text indicates that one name:Pukkusi and others', 3{gtqt({t:, T$K{:, and 4"9|-FTl-fr:l

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