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The White Heruka


The conqueror, glorious Heruka is white in color, with one face and two arms. The two hands hold Vajra and Bell and hug the female consort. He has three eyes and bares his fangs. At the top of the topknot of his hair is a wish-fulfilling jewel. The sides are adorned with crossed vajras. With his left leg bent, he pins down a black Vajrabhairava. With the right leg extended, he presses down on a red Kalachakra. The mother is red Vajravārāhī with one face and two arms. She has three eyes and loose hair. Her right hand holds a flaying knife and her left hand a skull cup. She wears a diadem of five dry skulls and a crystal vase of fifty fresh ones. She has the five symbolic ornaments and stands embracing the father with her right leg bent and right leg extended.