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The Sixty-Two Deities of Nīla Cakrasaṃvara


The principal deity of the Sixty-Two Deities of Nīla Cakrasaṃvara is blue in color, with one face, two hands, and three eyes. He bares his fangs and holds a vajra and bell in his two hands, embracing the mother. He wears a topknot marked with crossed vajras. His head is adorned with five dry human skulls, and he wears a garland of fifty fresh heads. He has the nine moods of dance and wears a skirt of tiger skin. His hands are sealed with the six-mudra gesture. His body is anointed with human bone ashes. He stands with his right leg extended, pressing on black Bhairava, and His left leg bent, pressing on red Kālarātri. The mother is red Vajravārāhī, with one face, two hands, and three eyes. She is naked and her hair is loose. Her left hand holds a skull filled with blood, which she offers to the principal deity. Her right hand raises a vajra with a threatening gesture, and she is adorned with a garland of dry human heads and the five symbolic ornaments. Twenty-five heroes hold vajras and bells. Thirty-seven heroines hold Katamga and skulls.