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The Body Maṇḍala of DribuCakrasaṃvara


The DribuCakrasaṃvara body maṇḍala is blue with four faces and twelve arms. The main face is black, the left face is green, the back face is red, and the right face is yellow. Each face has three eyes. Of the twelve arms, the first two embrace the mother holding vajra and bell. The lower two hands hold a full-length elephant skin with the threatening gesture. The remaining four right hands hold a ḍamaru, battle-ax, curved knife and trident. The four left hands hold a khaṭvāṅga, skull, vajra lasso and the head of Brahmā. His forehead is adorned with a garland of five-pronged vajras. He stands with his right leg outstretched, pressing down on black Bhairava and his left leg drawn in, pressing down on red Kālarātri. His hair is tied in a topknot marked with a crossed vajra. His head is adorned with five dry skulls from a vajra garland. He holds a half-moon that is slightly tilted to the left of his head. He possesses the nine moods including facial expressions and terrifying. He wears a tiger-skin skirt, a garland of fifty fresh heads, and is adorned with the six symbolic ornaments.