Item: Vajrapani (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity) - Bhutadamara

Vajrapani Bhutadamara (Tibetan: chung bu dul she chag na dor je. English: the Vajra Holder, Subduer of Daemons).

Sanskrit: Vajrapani Tibetan: chag na dor je

Dark blue in colour with one face and four arms, the first pair of hands perform the 'Daemon Subduing' mudra (hand gesture) at the heart. The second pair of hands hold a vajra upraised in the right and a lasso in the left. Very wrathful in appearance with large bulging eyes and hair flowing upwards like flame he wears jewel and snake ornaments and a lower garment of tiger skin. On the back of the white daemon Aparajita - with four hands and an elephant head, he stands atop an orange sun disc and multi-coloured lotus surrounded by the orange and red flames of pristine awareness fire.

At the top center is the Buddha Vajrasattva flanked on the left by Sachen Kunga Nyingpo and what appears to be Chogyal Pagpa, and Green Tara. On the right side are Sonam Tsemo, Dragpa Gyaltsen and Sakya Pandita.

At the bottom starting on the left are Secret Accomplishment Hayagriva, Shri Devi Rabtenma, Vaishravana Riding a Lion and and Tibetan mountain god.

Vajrapani Bhutadamara is found in the Kriya, Carya and Anuttarayoga tantras.

Jeff Watt 11-2010