TIBETAN MANDALAS (OF THE, VAJRAVALI)

13. Mandala of tz,deityJ Buddhakapala

thod par) is the central deity of this

The 25deity Buddhakapdla (Sans rgyas
mandala. He is a form of Heruka tr""
Niip. skt. p. 30). His Prajfla g*t' ffi; is
(Thod pa
The pair is surrounded by Sumalini (Legs fnttn can ma2)' Kapalinr
Citrasena. corners
Durjaya (Mi thub ma5)' The intermedial
can ma3), Bhrma (Hj;;;"t maa) and
cranial vessels (kapala)'
ftianaai aoksu) haie sanctified eight deities: subhamekhala (Dge bahi
In the second circle (dvitiya-puta) *" ,tt"
ska rags mau), Rupi';'i[il "* -il,
vijaya (Rnam rqval ma8;, Kamini (Fdod can
-Kalint), Mahodadht (Mtsho chen marr)'
mae), Kapalinl (pus cun ,nui, t unrluiion"oi
^ mar3= M-arinr-)' The Tibetan name
of the last
Karint (Byed ffiu,r), and Sumalinr (gsoJ
to Sumtuigr, which *u' ih".'"ading in the Skt'
manuscript
deity Bsod *o
"oo"rponds
usedbytheTibetantranslatorasthe.B,ms.hasthereadingqqrt{Ufr.
Bhimadarsana (Hjigs mthon mars)' Su-
The third circle has: Tarint (sgrol flato), (Grib
(Legs mth;t-u'u), Ajaya Oh; dkah'mar7), Subha (Dge mar8)' Tadaka
dar6an6
non mare), ftt*#'io"t- ili;
ma'o)' and Mahahasa-(Grag chen ma2r)**'
,t g"t?^-ggd* sses (dvaradevi or dvarapali):
The four directions are occupiej'uy "
Subhaga (Bskal bzans ma2a) and
Sundarl (Mdzes m*2),Vajrasundarr tNot ttari,.,i,'u"I.),
eriyuO*Suna (Mthon ba yid lron m1'z5J'
10 is entirely different'
Variation:it"gi"it' Buddhakap6la of mandala
ReJerences:Nispannayogavaltintrod'p'47'Skt'p'30'Tib'I3lb3'500GodsR
13a, SamuccaYa 183a2'
* XYI' sa
Tibetan translation'
{<* B has Mahojasa which is nearer to the
* r( * Vajrasundari has been mistaken to beVasundharaandtranslatedasSuch.