Yamāntaka: Vajrabhairava

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Yamāntaka or Vajrabhairava is the “lord of death” deity of Vajrayana Buddhism. Sometimes he is conceptualized as “conqueror of death”. He belongs to the Anuttarayoga Tantra class of deities popular within the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.
The story of Kalantaka, an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva who saves his follower from the clutches of death Yama and is seen as the deity of adherence and origin of the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra of Buddhism and Hinduism.
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Yamantaka, Fear-Striking Vajra, Lord of Death (Tibetan: Gshin-rje-gshed), multiheaded, holding vajra, rope, dagger, riding a water buffalo, statue of a guardian, enormous strength, Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism, Art Institute, Chicago


Yamantaka_or Vajrabhairav taken at the British Museum - Asian Gallery.

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