Hevajra Mandala

At the center of this nine-deity Hevajra mandala, the sixteen-armed Hevajra embraces his consort Nairatmya. Their assembly comprises eight dancing yoginis. In the upper corners are two lineage holders, at the left the great Indian adept (mahasiddha) Dombi Heruka riding a tigress together with a consort, and at the right the Tibetan master Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092–1158), a pivotal figure in the transmission of the Hevajra Tantra. In the bottom corners are wrathful deities, Panjaranatha Mahakala at the left, the special protector of the Hevajra group of tantras and its practitioners, and the four-armed Dusolma at the right.