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Bhutadamara Vajrapani (Charya Tantra) - Added

There are two main differences between the Charya Tantra form of Bhutadamara Vajrapani and the Anuttarayoga form of the deity. First, the Charya iconography has Bhutadamara standing atop an elephant headed Vighnantaka. In the Anuttarayoga iconography he stands atop the wrathful rakshasa headed Aparajita. The principal Charya form of Bhutadamara, also popularized in the Vajravali compendium of Abhayakara Gupta, describes a thirty-three deity mandala. The Anuttarayoga form is a solitary deity without a detailed mandala or any attendant retinue figures.