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Buddhist Deity: Vajrakila (Kagye)
Vajrakila Page | Outline Page | Mandalas | Sakya (Khon) | Nine Faces | Purba | Bon, Purba Drugse Chempa Vajrakila, Heruka (Tibetan: dor je phur ba, trag tung. English: Vajra Peg, Blood Drinker). Also known as Vajra Kumara (Vajra Youth), he is the activity deity from the set of Eight Herukas (Tib.: ka gye) of the Mahayoga Tantras of the Nyingma School and a principal meditational deity. The special iconographic feature of Vajrakila is the three-sided peg that is held pointed downward with the two main hands at the heart. Sanskrit: Vajrakila |