Vajrayogini
Vajrayogini is a meditation deity and a yidam. She has a distinctive iconography, mandala, mantra, rites of invocation and practice. Overall, yidam practices are a distinctive feature of Vajrayana, emphasizing the importance of personal connection with and transformation through specific enlightened aspects.
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When
Relationships
- aspect of
- Yidam
- co occurs with
- Nairatmya, Padmasambhava, Samantabhadra, Amitabha, Bhaiṣajyaguru, Sakyamuni, Akshobhya, Amoghasiddhi, Ratnasambhava, Ākāśadhātvīśvarī, Locanā, Māmakī, Paṇḍāravāsinī, Kurukullā, Nageshvara Raja, Vajradhara, Mahavairocana, Nagarjuna, Trikaya-vajrayogini, Lakshminkara, Sarvabuddha, Vajravaironi, Vajravarnini, Sarvasiddhi, Vaironi, Varnini, Sarvabuddhi, Chakrasamvara, Kalachakra, Hevajra, Yamantaka, Maitreya, Taras, Vairocana, Dakini
- manifests as
- Vajravarahi
- parent of
- Chinnamunda
- enemy of
- Jvarasura, Paranasabari
- manifested by
- Yidam, Vajravarahi
- syncretized with
- Chhinnamasta
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“Examples of yidams include the meditation deities Chakrasamvara, Kalachakra, Hevajra, Yamantaka, and Vajrayogini, all of whom have a distinctive iconography, mandala, mantra, rites of invocation and practice. Overall, yidam practices are a distinctive feature of Vajrayana, emphasizing the importance of personal connection with and transformation through specific enlightened aspects.”
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“Other female Buddha figures include Vajrayogini, Nairatmya, and Kurukullā.”
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“The goddess Vajrayogini also appeared in this form and danced with them. Another story recalls how the Mahasiddha princess Lakshminkara, cut off her head as a punishment from the king and roamed with it in the city, where citizens extolled her as Chinnamunda-Vajravarahi.”
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“In some images, these deities are shown as flying away, to escape from wrath of Vajrayogini, the Buddhist goddess and destroyer of diseases.”
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