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31-58) the [[twenty-eight ishvaris]] (Wyl. ''dbang phyug ma nyer brgyad''). | 31-58) the [[twenty-eight ishvaris]] (Wyl. ''dbang phyug ma nyer brgyad''). | ||
The fifty-eight wrathful deities become sixty when you add [[Chemchok Heruka]] (Wyl. ''che mchog heruka'') and his consort | The fifty-eight wrathful deities become sixty when you add [[Chemchok Heruka]] (Wyl. ''che mchog heruka'') and his consort Krodhishvari, who are the wrathful aspects of [[Samantabhadra]] and [[Samantabhadri]]. | ||
[[Category:Enumerations]] | [[Category:Enumerations]] | ||
[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] | [[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] | ||
Revision as of 15:54, 8 October 2007
The fifty-eight wrathful deities belong to the mandala of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities, and feature in several practices and cycles of teachings, most notably the Tibetan Book of the Dead and the Guhyagarbha Tantra. They are:
1-10) the five wrathful herukas and their five consorts;
11-18) the eight wrathful females (Skt. gauri, Wyl. gau ri ma brgyad);
19-26) the eight tramen (Skt. pishachi);
27-30) the four female gatekeepers and
31-58) the twenty-eight ishvaris (Wyl. dbang phyug ma nyer brgyad).
The fifty-eight wrathful deities become sixty when you add Chemchok Heruka (Wyl. che mchog heruka) and his consort Krodhishvari, who are the wrathful aspects of Samantabhadra and Samantabhadri.