Item: Gandhari - (Six Faces)

Vajra Gandhari.

[Bari Gyatsa, 69] Arya Vajra Gandhari. Vajra Gandhari, with a body black in colour, six faces and twelve hands. The main face is black, the right white, the left red, behind green, and yellow and blue faces are stacked above. The [six] right hands hold, a vajra, bell, sword, trident, arrow and a chakra. The [six] left, a katvanga, hook, bow, staff, lasso and a wrathful [gesture] pointing to the heart. Each face has three eyes and bared fangs. Adorned with various ornaments and standing in a manner with the left [leg] extended. (Ngorchen Konchog Lhundrub (1497-1557), bibliographic information)

See the Ocean of Sadhanas: #110. Gandhari, Vajra, Black with Six Faces and Twelve Hands.

Jeff Watt, 8-2023

Thematic Sets
Buddhist Deity: Gandhari, Vajra
Subject: Female Imagery Introduction