Manjuvajramandala with 43 ​​deities

The Mañjuvajramandala with 43 deities is included in the list of Nishpannayogavali.

The central deity is Mañjuvajra (’Jam-pa’i-rdo-rje), of the colour of molten gold, with three heads and six arms, sitting on the lion throne in the vajrāsana posture and tied to Vajradhatvishvari (who does not appear in the list of the deities).

As sovereign of the mandala, this form of Mañjushri has the nature of Vairocana and is surrounded by the corresponding forms of Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha and Amoghasiddhi (in the cardinal directions) and by Locana, Mamaki, Pandara and Tara (in the ordinal directions), all with three faces and six arms, except for Akshobhya and Locana, who have eight.

The five prajñas embracing the five Buddhas are not counted in the group of 43 deities.

In the second circle are the female deities Sattvavajri, Ratnavajri, Dharmavajri and Karmavajri in the cardinal directions, and Cunda, Ratnolka, Bhrikuti Vajrashrinkala in the ordinal directions.

In the third circle, sixteen bodhisattvas are distributed in groups of four in each direction, and finally, the ten krodha in the ten directions (including the zenith and nadir).