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The Glorious Coemergent Cakrasaṃvara


In the Garlog Tradition, the Blue Glorious Heruka is blue in color, with one face, two hands, and three eyes, and baring his fangs. His black hair is tied in a crown, and at the tip of the crown there is a wish-fulfilling jewel. On his cheek there is a crossed vajra, and on his left is a crescent moon. He is ornamented with five dry skulls. He has a garland of fifty fresh skulls, and he has the nine moods of dance and is adorned with the six mudra gestures. He wears a tiger-skin skirt. He stands with his right leg extended and tramples Kālachakra, and with his left leg bent he tramples Bhairava. His two hands hold a vajra and a bell. On his lap is the mother, red Vajrayoginī who has one face, two arms, three eyes, bared fangs, and loose hair. She is adorned with five dry skulls on her head and a necklace of ten dry skulls. She is adorned with the five-mudra gesture. She holds a curved knife with a threatening gesture in her right hand and a skull filled with blood in her left hand, embracing the father and offering it to his mouth, with the right leg bent and the left leg extended.