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The six yoginī are female representations reflected in mandala and have a related set of mantra (armor mantra of the Mother). Mediation upon them is a manifestation of the six perfections.

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The six yoginī - List

A yoginī is a female master practitioner of tantra and yoga.
The related set of mantra for each of the six yogini each consists of two syllables. A practitioner meditates on each yoginī developed from the latter syllable of each mantra.
A practitioner can visualize the six yoginīs either with their male consorts or without them. Their male consorts are Vajrasattva, Vairocana, Padmanarteśvara, Heruka, Vajrasūrya, and Paramāśva, respectively. (Generally a practitioner visualizes the six yoginīs and their six male consorts on six areas of his body on moon mandalas and the body of deity that he/she visualizes as armors of yoginīs and heroes for protection of the body. For this reason the six yoginīs and the six heroes are called “the two armors.”)
The Vṛtti text comments that a practitioner visualizes the six yoginīs on the five fingers and nails of the left hand, the six male consort deities on the five fingers and nails of the right hand, and the maṇḍala consisting of them on the palm of the hands, Vajravdrdhi Sadhana defines the syllables.
When represented in a mandala they are usually positioned with and about a lotus, which five petals and whose pericarp is abundant with stamens and pistils.

The six yoginī

01. Vajravārāhī, Vajrayogini or Vārāhī. (Vam or Bam).

Vajravārāhī resides at the center of a lotus of five petals and is a female deity, she is sometimes visualized as Vajrayoginī, sometimes in an alternate form such as Vajravārāhī (Vajra Sow)and Krodikali (Fierce Lady).
Vārāhī is red, wonderful, blazing, and splendid, with one to a number of faces and two to six arms, there are three eyes on each face and her hair is untied. She has a wreath of five skull skulls as a jewelled crown, is usually without clothes, and dances in the ardhaparyaṅka posture, she is ornamented with the six mudrās on body with a wreath of fifty hairless heads as a necklace on her body, she often holds a vajra chopper in her right hand and a skull-cup upraised in the left, a khatvanga staff resting in the crook of her left elbow.
She can also be seen standing with her two feet placed on the bodies of her own emanations, the deities Kalarati and Bhairava which symbolizes the ability to destroy negative qualities within us and transform them into qualities that benefit others.
She is depicted with many different male consorts for example Vajrasattva the most common who is white in color and Hayagriva or Chakrasamvara or Cakrasaṃvara, the presiding deity of the Samvaratantra and also the Buddha Akshobya.
There is also a white form of Vajravarahi, which has a peaceful expression in the same pose and with the same attributes as the red one, she is related to the school of Kashmiri pandit Shakya Sribhadra.
Vajravarahi is said to descend from Vairocana.
The ornaments and body of Vajrayogini represent the perfections, insight and knowledge, the head ornament, which is the perfection of effort of all the Buddhas, the ear ornaments, the perfection of patience; the neck ornaments, the perfection of giving; the heart ornaments, the perfection of mental stabilization; and the ornaments of the arms and legs, the perfection of moral discipline, the body of Vajrayogini is then in nature the perfection of wisdom of all the Buddhas.
Vajrayogini has a 24 dakini entourage that reside in the twenty-four holy places from when Buddha Shakyamuni arose in the form of Heruka Chakrasamvara to deal with Mahadeva and represent complete Buddhahood and the practice of Vajrayogini if practiced correctly can lead to Buddhahood in this very lifetime, this is via guided tantric initiation of the mandala of either Chakrasamvara, Guhyasamaja or Vajrabhaivara then entering the Mandala of Vajrayogini.
At the navel, visualize a moon mandala, which is standing upright and at its centre visualize the red letters OM BAM (or VAM) on the right and left respectively.
At my navel OM VAM (oṃ vaṃ) transforms into red Vajravārāhī.
Oṃ, śrī, oṃ vaṃ, vāṃ, hūṃ hūṃ phaṭ, svāhā.

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02. Yāminī. (Yom). Lady of the night.

Yāminī resides to the east on one of the five petals around Vārāhī.
At the level of our heart there is an upright moon mandala, at its centre there are the blue letters HAM HOM, on the right and left respectively.
At my heart HAM YOM (hāṃ yoṃ) transforms into blue Yāminī.
Oṃ, śrī, hāṃ yoṃ, yāṃ, hūṃ hūṃ phaṭ, svāhā.
Yāminī has three eyes, has her hair untied, has one face, four arms and is dark blue.
Her male consort is Vairocana who is yellow in color and she is the wrathful aspect of Lochana.

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03. Mohinī or Mohanī. (Mom). Deluder.

Mohinī resides on one of the five petals around Vārāhī, counter clockwise to Yāminī.
At the top of our neck, just under the chin, there is an upright moon mandala which has at its centre the white letters HRI MOM, on the right and left respectively.
At my throat HRI MOM (hrīṃ moṃ) transforms into white Mohinī.
Oṃ, śrī, hrīṃ moṃ, moṃ, hūṃ hūṃ phaṭ, svāhā.
Mohinī has three eyes, has her hair untied, has one face, four arms and is white.
Her male consort is Padmanarteśa or Padmanarteśvara who is red in color, and she is the wrathful aspect of Benzarahi, the consort of Buddha Amitabha.

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04. Samcālinī, Sachalini, Sanchalani, Sachalani, or Saṃcālī. (Hrīṃ). Agitator.

Samcālinī resides on one of the five petals around Vārāhī counter clockwise to Mohinī.
At our forehead in the centre of an upright moon mandala there are the yellow letters HRIM HRIM.
At my forehead HRI HRI (hrīṃ hrīṃ) transforms into yellow Samcālinī.
Oṃ, śrī, hreṃ hrīṃ, saṃ, hūṃ hūṃ phaṭ, svāhā.
Samcālinī has three eyes, has her hair untied, has one face, four arms and is yellow.
Her male consort is Heruka who is dark blue in color. She is the wrathful aspect of Vajradhatuisbvari, the consort of Buddha Vajradhara.

04. Samcālinī, Sachalini, Sanchalani, Sachalani, or Saṃcālī. (Hrīṃ). Agitator.04. Samcālinī, Sachalini, Sanchalani, Sachalani, or Saṃcālī. (Hrīṃ). Agitator.04. Samcālinī, Sachalini, Sanchalani, Sachalani, or Saṃcālī. (Hrīṃ). Agitator.04. Samcālinī, Sachalini, Sanchalani, Sachalani, or Saṃcālī. (Hrīṃ). Agitator.

05. Samtrāsinī, Samtrasani or Trāsanī. (Hum). Terrifier.

Samtrāsinī resides on one of the five petals around Vārāhī counter clockwise to Samcālinī.
At our crown in the centre of a moon mandala which is lying flat and there are the green coloured letters HUM HUM.
At my crown HUNG HUNG (hūṃ hūṃ) transforms into green Samtrāsinī.
Oṃ, śrī, hūṃ hūṃ, saṃ, hūṃ hūṃ phaṭ, svāhā.
Samtrāsinī has three eyes, has her hair untied, has one face, four arms and is green.
Her male consort is Vajrasūrya who is red in color. She is the wrathful aspect of Mamaki, the consort of Buddha Ratnasambhava.

05. Samtrāsinī, Samtrasani or Trāsanī. (Hum). Terrifier.05. Samtrāsinī, Samtrasani or Trāsanī. (Hum). Terrifier.05. Samtrāsinī, Samtrasani or Trāsanī. (Hum). Terrifier.05. Samtrāsinī, Samtrasani or Trāsanī. (Hum). Terrifier.

06. Candikā or Chandika. (Phat). Terrible one.

Candikā resides on one of the five petals around Vārāhī counter clockwise to Samtrāsinī.
At both shoulders, both wrists, both hips, and both ankles (the eight great joints) in the centre of upright moon mandalas there are the smoke-coloured letters PHAT PHAT.
At all my limbs PHAT PHAT (phaṭ phaṭ) transforms into Candikā, smoky in color.
Oṃ, śrī, phaṭ phaṭ, caṃ, hūṃ hūṃ phaṭ, svāhā.
Candikā has three eyes, has her hair untied, has one face, four arms and is light gray.
Her male consort is Paramāśva who is green in color. She is the wrathful aspect of Tara, the consort of Buddha Amoghsiddhi.

06. Candikā or Chandika. (Phat). Terrible one.06. Candikā or Chandika. (Phat). Terrible one.06. Candikā or Chandika. (Phat). Terrible one.06. Candikā or Chandika. (Phat). Terrible one.
Synonyms/tags: two armors, the six marks, the six spoked wheel




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