Item: Mandala of Hevajra (Buddhist Deity)

Shri Hevajra and Vajra Nairatmya Fifteen Deity Mandala.

This mandala composition is highly unusual because the central figure of Hevajra and Nairatmya are both in a cross legged seated posture. Hevajra is depicted in complex form with eight faces, sixteen hands and four legs. A basic mandala description which includes a total of fifteen deities is described in both the Hevajra Root Tantra and the Samputa Tantra. This fifteen deity description is intended for Nairatmya and not for Hevajra. This is an unusual iconographic depiction. It is also very curious to note that at the top center of the over all composition there is a seated figure of Kalachakra and Vishvamata, both depicted in complex form with multiple heads and arms.

Jeff Watt 1-2013

Thematic Sets
Buddhist Deity: Hevajra Main Page
Buddhist Deity: Hevajra Mandalas
Buddhist Deity: Hevajra Mandala (Masterworks)