Yamantaka also Vajra Bhairava. Tibetan: Dorje Jig-je and Shinjé. Conqueror or Slayer of Death, the wrathful emanation of Manjusri. He is a member of the Vajra Family of Akshobya and concerned with overcoming the poison of hatred. Under this form he conquered the demon king of Death (Yama). This form shows Yamantaka as Vajrabhairava, the terrific form of Bodhisattva Manjushri head appears at the top of Yamantaka´s stack of nine heads. He is usually dark blue and is depicted in his simplest form with one bullhead and two arms. He wears a crown of skulls, has a third eye, a skullcap in his left hand and a vajra chopper in his right and all his hands hold objects associated with tantric symbols. In thankas he most often has nine heads, 8 faces, 16 feet and 34 arms, he expresses the many facets of his inconceivable enlightenment, and manifests a power far greater than Yama. Thus overwhelming Yama, he stops his killing activity and becomes the terminator of Death (yam-antaka).
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