The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c23.18
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c23.18
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c23.18
A reference may be made here to the yab-yum representations. The Tibetan yab means ‘the honourable father’ and yum likewise signifies the ‘honourable mother’. Therefore, the word yab-yum means the honourable father in the company of the honourable mother. A yab-yum image has a deep spiritual significance. It signifies that the god, the embodiment of Śūnya is perfect, having attained Karuṇā and therefore the highest state of Nirvāṇa.