Twelve Yaksha Generals - Added
The Twelve Yaksha Generals belong to the mandala of the Medicine Buddha. The full set of deities in the mandala number fifty-one paintings, textiles, or sculpture in total. The images of the Twelve Yaksha Generals below represent what remains of a number of different sets.
These figures are commonly misidentified as being forms of Jambhala, Vaishravana or the erroneously identified Kubera (who is not found in Himalayan and Tibetan iconography except as a minor figure in a few mandalas).
Twelve Yaksha Generals:
36 (1). Eastern direction, Jijig, yellow, vajra.
37 (2). Vajra, red, sword.
38 (3). rgyan 'dzin, yellow, stick.
39 (4). Northern direction, g.za' 'dzin, light blue, stick.
40 (5). rlung 'dzin (Vatadhara), red, trident.
41 (6). gnas bcas, smoky-coloured, sword. Example 2
42 (7). Western direction, dbang 'dzin, red, stick. Example 2
43 (8). btung 'dzin, yellow, stick.
44 (9). smra 'dzin, pink, axe.
45 (10). Southern direction, bsam 'dzin, yellow, lasso.
46 (11). g.yob 'dzin, blue, stick.
47 (12). rdzogs byed, red, wheel.
All hold a mongoose in the left hand, with short fat limbs and a large stomach.