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'''Chakrasamvara''' (Skt. ''Cakrasaṃvara''; Tib. ''Khorlo Demchok''; [[Wyl.]] ''‘khor lo bde mchog'') — a wrathful deity, mainly practised within the [[Sarma]] schools, who is usually depicted as blue in colour, with four faces and twelve arms, and in union with his consort [[Vajravarahi]].
'''Chakrasamvara''' (Skt. ''Cakrasaṃvara''; Tib. ''Khorlo Demchok''; [[Wyl.]] ''‘khor lo bde mchog'') — a wrathful deity who is usually depicted as blue in colour, with four faces and twelve arms, and in union with his consort [[Vajravarahi]]. Chakrasamvara is one of the main [[yidam]]s of the [[Anuttarayoga Tantra]] of the [[Sarma]] schools, an especially of its mother tantras.


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==

Revision as of 19:30, 27 December 2008

Chakrasamvara (Skt. Cakrasaṃvara; Tib. Khorlo Demchok; Wyl. ‘khor lo bde mchog) — a wrathful deity who is usually depicted as blue in colour, with four faces and twelve arms, and in union with his consort Vajravarahi. Chakrasamvara is one of the main yidams of the Anuttarayoga Tantra of the Sarma schools, an especially of its mother tantras.

Further Reading

  • Lama Kazi Dawa Samdrup, Śri Cakrasaṃvara Tantra, Adyita Prakashan, New Dehli, 1987.