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5.70 Guhyasamaja


1 - Chakra [Wheel of Dharma]
2 - Triratna [Three Jewels]
3 - Lotus [Symbol of Purity]
4 - Kadgha [Sword]
5 - Dorje / Vajra [Thunderbolt]
6 - Ghanta [Bell]
7 - Mamaki [Female Consort]

This Thangka belongs the the practice of the Ārya Tradition, the central deity of the Guhyasamāja is blue-black Akṣobhyavajra, a form of Akṣobhya, one of the five tathāgathas [pañcatathāgata), sometimes called the dhyāni buddhas. Akṣobhyavajra holds a vajra and bell [ghanta] in his first two hands, and other hands hold the symbols of the four other tathāgathas: wheel of Vairocana and lotus of Amitābha in his rights, and gem of Ratnasambhava and sword of Amoghasiddhi in his lefts and rights.


Source: Wikipedia


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