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Shri Hevajra (Tib. Kye-dorje) is an extremely complex Tantric Buddhist meditational deity (Tib. yidam)
layered in symbolic meaning. His appearance can be challenging for the uninitiated as well as the
advanced learner. A textual description is almost always required to grasp the various elements of the
form. He is semi-wrathful (Tib. shi-ma-dro) in appearance, with eight faces, sixteen hands and four legs.
The principal face is slightly larger than the others and a wrathful head is placed atop the others which
form a circle of faces below. The upward flowing flame-like hair is painted orange. The sixteen hands
each hold a skull bowl. The bowls of the right hands contain animals representing various illnesses
and diseases which face towards Hevajra. The bowls of the left hands hold Indian Hindu gods and face
outwards representing skills, powers and abilities. Hevajra absorbs all of the bad that affects beings and
dispenses whatever is good and desired.
With four legs, the two feet of the first pair are placed on the ground, represented by a double lotus base,
while the legs of the second, or back pair, are drawn up in a dancing posture. Adorned with a crown of skulls,
bone ornaments and a necklace of freshly severed heads he has the appearance of being slightly wrathful
and slightly peaceful. The first pair of arms are folded at the heart and embrace the consort.

The consort Vajra Nairatmya (Tib. Dagmema) has one face and two hands holding a curved knife and skull
bowl. Adorned with bone ornaments and a necklace of fifty skulls she stands with the left leg down and
the right raised to embrace Hevajra. Typically the embracing couple would be framed by a circle of fire
representing the wisdom of enlightenment.

喜金剛（藏文：Kye-dorje）是極為複雜的密宗本尊， 明妃金剛無我母（藏文：Dagmema）一面二臂，手持
象徵意義豐富。 他的形像無論對初學者或高級修行 钺刀和嘎巴拉碗。 佛母穿著骨飾和穿有五十顆顱骨
者都是一個挑戰，通常需要文字描述來幫助理解其 的項鍊，右腿著地，左腿抬起擁抱喜金剛。 此擁抱雙
形態的各個元素。 喜金剛呈半忿怒相，八面十六臂 身像通常背靠赤焰身光，象徵無上智慧。
四足。 主面略大於其他面，頂有一忿怒面。 十六隻
手各持一個嘎巴拉碗。 右八手碗中分別盛象徵各種 喜金剛是觀想中使用的創造物，是包含了多層佛教教
疾病的八獸，面向喜金剛；左八手碗中盛裝八位世間 義、緣起及空性的大型助記工具。 關於喜金剛的描
神靈，象徵技能、力量和能力。 喜金剛吸收世間無明 述來自梵文《吉祥喜金剛本續》，而《吉祥喜金剛集
及，慈悲救渡眾生。 輪甘露泉》中還包含一系列補充註釋，其中就有寶帳
大黑天的出處《金剛幕續》。
喜金剛前兩腳威立於雙蓮座上，後兩腿呈舞蹈姿勢。
頭戴骷髏冠、身穿骨飾，項掛人頭帶飾，面容微忿又
略帶平和。 前兩臂交疊於胸前，懷抱明妃。