Representations of the Vajravarahi Abhibhava Mandala - List

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Representations of the Vajravarahi Abhibhava Mandala - List

Two arms stretch an elephant skin behind her, others hold the hook, chopper, trident, noose, and head of the Hindu god Brahma. There are many mandalas associated with Vajravarahi, this particular mandala appears to relate to the Vajravarahi Abhibhava Tantra and is mentioned in the Chakrasamvara, Abhidhdnottaratantra and Vdrdhyabhyudayatantra.
The goddesses have three eyes and loose hair, and are seen naked, dancing in the ardhaparyanka pose, with Bhairava and Kalaratri beneath their feet. They hold skull and
staff in two of their four arms, and the head of Brahma and a chopper in the other pair.
The first assembly of the goddess is usually described as the Devicakra, or wheel of goddesses, likened to the center of the world and are used for generating the Great Bliss Wheel in the supported body mandala.
They are generated as fierce representation to fight off impurities.
From the four channel-spokes, east and so on,
At the (chakra wheel) at my heart, in which the energy-winds of the four elements pass,
Come black Dakini in the east, green Lama in the north,
Red Khandarohi in the west, and yellow Rupini in the south.
They have one face, three eyes, with mouths having fangs bared and a slight smile;
They are naked and their hair hangs loose.
They have four arms: the first right hand is holding a cleaver and the first left one a skullcup.
They hold them at their hearts in a manner as if they were embracing;
Their lower right hand holds up a damaru-drum and the lower left a khatvanga-staff.
They stand (facing inwards) with their right legs outstretched,
Are bedecked with the mudra-seal of the five bone-ornaments,
Have a crown of five dried human skulls and wear a long hanging necklace of fifty dried human skulls.
From the transformation of the four channel-spokes, southeast and so on, (in which the energy-winds) of the four offering (sensory objects pass),
Come, in the four intermediate directions, the four human skullcups brimming with five nectars.