The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.t10.12
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.t10.12
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c19.s1.t10.12
Vajrayoginī is one of the consorts of Heruka, who remains with her in yab-yum, and their union is the subject of the celebrated Heruka-Tantra. The temple of Vajrayoginī at Sāṅku (Fig. 191) in Nepal does not contain an image of any of these varieties of Vajrayoginī. It contains the image of Ugratārā, more popularly known as Mahācīna-Tārā, which is believed to have been carried over there by Bengali priests.